I am new to woodturning and just converted a small room in my house into a shop space. I have a shop vac (wet/dry vac) and no other dust collection system.(I do also have an air cleaner but not a dust collector.) I use the vac for sucking up dust when sanding on the lathe and also just for general cleanup after I'm done turning. My main question is whether or not to use the dust bags in the shop vac or not? I turn mostly green wood because it is available in large quantities for free but i am concerned that because the wood is wet that it may cause mold in my vac over time. Is this something to worry about? I just don't want to end up blowing mold around the shop. If I wasn't using the bags I could just empty the vacuum every day or 2 but the bags are not reusable and can't be emptied so they just sit with the contents inside them until they're full and thrown away. Im concerned over a month or so that mold could develop. I like using them because they collect all the dust and don't blow it back out the exhaust.
Ive also looked into the cyclone style dust collectors that hook up to the shop vac and would like to get one of these soon. Leaning towards the oneida dust deputy and using it with a bucket. When using this kind of attachment should I be using the dust bags in the vacuum? or is the dust separated already by the cyclone? Until I get one of these though i just have the vac itself so just wondering what the best way to set it up is for using for dust collection as well as general clean up. Thanks!
-Steve
Ive also looked into the cyclone style dust collectors that hook up to the shop vac and would like to get one of these soon. Leaning towards the oneida dust deputy and using it with a bucket. When using this kind of attachment should I be using the dust bags in the vacuum? or is the dust separated already by the cyclone? Until I get one of these though i just have the vac itself so just wondering what the best way to set it up is for using for dust collection as well as general clean up. Thanks!
-Steve