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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 3374853" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>So I had this Dyson upright vacuum that was about 10 years old. It worked great for a long time, but age and abuse caught up with it - random plastic parts cracking and snapping, until finally I got a new Dyson. The motor on the old one still worked just fine, and it still sucked like nobody’s business, so I decided to repurpose it as a shop dust collector. Very simple job of removing unneeded parts like the wand and extension, the ball wheel covers, and the handle, and I attached a flexible hose to the intake (where the vortex canister sits). I would have liked to use the canister, but its capacity was too small for DC, so I ran the hose to a Dustopper that I already had, to see if it would work. See pic - and yes, that’s my faithful old Lab enjoying my company and a cool floor <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Then I built a little cradle out of scrap 2x4 on which to sit the vacuum to keep it stable and off the ground, and I tucked the vacuum underneath the miter saw station with the truncated handle sticking out the side enough that I could reach the power button. The other hose went to the bottom of the DC cabinet in which the miter saw sits, and I turned it on and tried cutting a piece of 2x4. The vacuum cleaner did a decent job of pulling fine dust into the cabinet, so I’m satisfied. Not a bad way to spend the morning!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]164722[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 3374853, member: 7157"] So I had this Dyson upright vacuum that was about 10 years old. It worked great for a long time, but age and abuse caught up with it - random plastic parts cracking and snapping, until finally I got a new Dyson. The motor on the old one still worked just fine, and it still sucked like nobody’s business, so I decided to repurpose it as a shop dust collector. Very simple job of removing unneeded parts like the wand and extension, the ball wheel covers, and the handle, and I attached a flexible hose to the intake (where the vortex canister sits). I would have liked to use the canister, but its capacity was too small for DC, so I ran the hose to a Dustopper that I already had, to see if it would work. See pic - and yes, that’s my faithful old Lab enjoying my company and a cool floor :) Then I built a little cradle out of scrap 2x4 on which to sit the vacuum to keep it stable and off the ground, and I tucked the vacuum underneath the miter saw station with the truncated handle sticking out the side enough that I could reach the power button. The other hose went to the bottom of the DC cabinet in which the miter saw sits, and I turned it on and tried cutting a piece of 2x4. The vacuum cleaner did a decent job of pulling fine dust into the cabinet, so I’m satisfied. Not a bad way to spend the morning! [ATTACH=full]164722[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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