[Jewelry making - Article 00004] - [Orchid] Good HEPA vacuum for bench dust

[monika vanSchellenbeck]

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    I have been using the shop vac for several years now. Mine is a
    Ridgid, and I use both a filter and vacuum bags with my model. The
    filter has stayed amazingly clean, almost like new, so I am assuming
    this system has been working fairly well. I think for my own piece of
    mind, i would like to step it up a notch and get a good HEPA vacuum.
    I know they are expensive. Also need one that has powerful suction.
    The shop vac I have has OK suction, but I feel like there has to be a
    better way to keep the extra debris off my bench. Its not so much
    polishing compound as it is those nasty abrasive rubber wheels I love
    so much. They create this nasty fine powder!! I have to practically
    put the piece I'm working on, as well as the wheel, inside the hose
    so that no extra debris falls to my tabletop. I've just been dealing
    with it and its getting old. And I absolutely abhore grind boxes.
    Been there done that hated it it ended up in the dumpster. i'd rather
    hear the loud blast of a vacuum then stick my hands inside some weird
    window box and try to do any fine clean up work. So, if anyone has
    any suggestion, I'd love to hear them!! Howard Woods--I found you
    mentioning you use this method on an old thread...I figure the thread
    was too old to respond to so perhaps you will come across this one
    and lend me your expertise!! 

thanks,
monika
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