Air Filter Adapted To Fit Shop Vac

Air Filter Adapted To Fit Shop Vac FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 31-5-39 Old air filters from tractors and skid steer loaders can be used as "no-cost" replacement filters for shop vacs, says Lowell Blakely, Dunning, Neb. He removed the air filter from a Bobcat 642B skid loader and adapted it to fit his 20-year-old Sears shop vac. "It saved the cost of a new filter. Also, it has a much more refined design so it does a better job of filtering out dirt and therefore reduces the amount of dust blowing around when I use the shop vac. It's built for heavy duty use so it should last much longer than the shop vac's original filter. Another advantage is that sometimes replacement filters for old shop vacs are no longer available," says Blakely. The replacement filter fits into the top part of the shop vac just like the original filter and extends down into the canister. It measures 5 in. in diameter and 1 ft. long - slightly longer than the shop vac filter but about the same width. To secure the replacement filter, Blakely used two 1/4-in. dia. metal rods to make a bracket and then drilled two 1/4-in. dia. holes into the top part of the shop vac. The rods are held on by two nuts at the bottom of the filter. Another bracket - a 1 1/2-in. wide metal plate - extends across the bottom of the air filter to hold it tightly in place. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lowell Blakely, P.O. Box 63, Dunning, Neb. 68833 (ph 308 538-2256).

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