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So right now I can not afford both but wondering what you would recomm first guys! A vaccum reclaimer or a dust collector for my habor frieght stand up unit? I have tried a shop vaccum but that got burnt up. So which would you recomm and wonder what brands etc on tight budget here. Thanks Brandon

I have heard, don't hold me to it, the Harbor Freight reclaimer actually works quite well

Same here on that note. I figured with 74 views I would get more then one post. Guess i need to mybe check on the H.A.M.B for info. Thanks for posting up. Brandon

Not sure about your area but there are TONS of used nice dust collectors on Craigslist up here. I plan to buy one of them and use it for a blast cabinet when I get my barn built. :yes:

Chris

Whatever you buy, just stay away from HF vacuum/blaster , it does not blast and I can't say the it vacuums well either.I even tried using it as dust collector with blasting cabinet,after I let go of the trigger, it takes at the least a minute to suck the dust out so you can see what's going on in the cabinet ,it does not keep up at all. Spend your money on good quality dust collector.

any brands you would look at then? I know there where some good reviews on the H.A.M.B for the H/F one.

I have the TP Tools blast cabinet... The bigger RED version they sell... I have their UPGRADED vac... not the one that comes with it... and a RECLAIMER in between. The reclaimer doesn't add to the clarity of the blast cabinet. It's there to allow the larger particles to drop out of the vac stream so you can reuse them. The fine dust goes into the vac.

I vented the vac exhaust OUTSIDE the shop. You can get silicosis from breathing this super fine dust. I had it vented inside the shop and noticed that I felt "dirty" after a blast session... so vented it outside - and bingo -- I can blast all day and not feel different or smell anything or see anything inside the shop.

This is the blast cabinet I have:

http://www.tptools.com/p/875,381_960...g-Cabinet.html

This is the VAC system I upgraded to:

http://www.tptools.com/p/39,15_176-D...Collector.html

This is the RECLAIMER in between the vac and the cabinet:

http://www.tptools.com/p/256,15_Stan...Reclaimer.html

NOTE THAT THE RECLAIMER IS COMPLETELY PASSIVE -- it does nothing except to allow the heavier sand to drop into a collection box.

There is a great thread on Nastyz28 about building a simple water pre filter for shopvacs hooked up to blast cabinets. It saves the shop vac from burning up and is super easy and cheap to build.

Look in the garage/shop thread section. Sorry I don't have a link.

The reclaimer HF sells is probably OK, I was talking about their blaster/vac combo. It's worthless.

The part people don't understand is how FINE the dust is.... which is why they have these special vacs that use many "bags" for filtration -- and they have bag shakers and clean outs (manual in my case) to keep them unclogged. A shop vac would be useless unless you're not planning to do much blasting.

If you have a blaster... and your friends find out... fugidaboudit... everybody has something they need to clean!