Montserrat Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 So, I truly love the dust collection on the Excalibur. And I love how quiet the Excalibur is. But my hubby got me a bucket vacuum and that thing is so loud that I will be deaf before the year is out. Do you have any suggestions for the most quiet and efficient vacuum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I can't help you with a quieter vac. I have a dust collector hooked up to my saw. Dust collectors are a lot quieter than shop vacs but can still be noisy. So I wear wireless headfones when I'm scrolling. Usually listening to music or TV if there is a football game or NASCAR race on. Scroll saws are not too noisy by themselves, but anytime you use most woodworking tools including shop vacs and dust collectors you need to wear hearing protection. sullyscroller and Lucky2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I hear what your saying Monti. A shop vac is noisy and needs to be to be effective. One option some wood workers have done is place the vac outside your shop (enclosed) and operated with a remote switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrpeteo Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Like Ron said, I keep mine in another room in the basement operated by a remote. All I hear is the sound of sucking air. Pete https://youtu.be/5j7AcrcDiB0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvman44 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I use the Harbor Freight 1hp DC (green one, not the red one), it is a lot quieter than any shop vac and does a good job for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I have seen where people have adapted a regular vacuum cleaner for a dust collector. It is quieter then a shop vac and the hose is flexible. You can also adapt some pvc pipe to hook up a dust collection system and move it to a remote location so it is quieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodknots Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 i have this one and it does the trick and its pretty quiet. I also have it hooked to a metal garbage can as a separator .http://www.rockler.com/rockler-dust-right-wall-mount-dust-collector-with-expandable-hose.http://www.rockler.com/dust-right-4-dust-separator-components Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 So, I truly love the dust collection on the Excalibur. And I love how quiet the Excalibur is. But my hubby got me a bucket vacuum and that thing is so loud that I will be deaf before the year is out. Do you have any suggestions for the most quiet and efficient vacuum? My friend with a nail salon told me the vacumn at the nail stations were anoing .So i told him to make a box around the vacumn with baffles to deaden the sound just like a car muffler.He tryed it and loves it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Woodknots that link did not work for me. Can you post a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I have a Fein vacuum that I really like and it is pretty quiet. If you plug your tool into it, it will turn on when you turn your tool on. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharleyL Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) For scrolling, most any household canister vacuum or shop vac will work OK, but you will need to clean or change the filter bag often. Get a Dust Deputy and connect it inline with a 5 gallon bucket under it to collect the saw dust. It will catch 99%+ of all of your scrolling saw dust, and the vacuum filter will stay clean. You won't loose suction any more either. When running one scroll saw 5 days per week it will take you 2-3 months before the 5 gallon bucket will need to be dumped. For better dust filtering, connect a hose to the outlet of the vacuum and run it out through a window, or pipe it through the wall to the outdoors. Then nothing, not even the micro fine saw dust will ever get back into your shop air. I installed a re-purposed and rebuilt household central vacuum in my shop for collecting sanding saw dust, scroll saw dust, drill press dust, and for vacuuming the shop floor with a Dust Deputy connected in the line ahead of it. It's so quiet that I have to turn off the radio and machines in the shop to hear it running. The suction is so great that I've had to stack three buckets together to keep them from imploding. I can go about 3 months before I need to dump the 5 gal bucket, and I work in my shop 3-4 days per week, mostly using my scroll saws and vacuuming the floor with it. There is never anything visible in the central vacuum filter or canister. It's always all in the 5 gallon bucket. The vacuum and Dust Deputy is installed in the attic of my shop and PVC vacuum pipes were run in my shop walls with inlets in the shop, attic, and one in the outside wall of the shop near where I park, so I can take the hose outside and clean the cars and my truck with it. Inside the shop I installed large hooks across the ceiling, so that I can route the hose to wherever it's needed without it running across the floor. On the scroll saws, I put the end of the hose near the lower blade arm and tie it in place with a tie wrap. It collects all of the saw dust from below the table, but isn't very effective for collecting the saw dust from above the table. I haven't come up with a way to do this yet, but I'm working on it. Attached is a photo of my DeWalt 788 showing the present vacuum hose location on the saw. It's end is just tie wrapped to the stationary blade guard. The suction pulls all of the saw dust sideways from the blade into the end of the hose. Charley Edited January 27, 2016 by CharleyL NC Scroller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montserrat Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 i have this one and it does the trick and its pretty quiet. I also have it hooked to a metal garbage can as a separator . http://www.rockler.com/rockler-dust-right-wall-mount-dust-collector-with-expandable-hose. http://www.rockler.com/dust-right-4-dust-separator-components I quoted and separated the two links - hope it works now. I have now ordered the FEIN shopvac, hope they are honest about the DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 CharleyL you must be an engineer because you sure come up with some amazing ideas. Have you ever made videos of the things you have invented ? If so, how can were can we see them? Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteve Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) i cant emphasize what charleyL said about cleaning the filter enough. ignorant me, many years ago, burnt out a brand new shop vac real quick sanding drywall because i didnt clean the filter enough. i personally an going to be building a downdraft table for my scrollsaw once the blower comes around. Edited January 27, 2016 by tomsteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodknots Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Woodknots that link did not work for me. Can you post a picture? I can't figure out how to post any pic's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodknots Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Woodknots that link did not work for me. Can you post a picture? Scott I think I figured out how to post the pic's NC Scroller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 My recommendation for a vacuum - Has a HEPA vacuum filter - I think this is important to catch fine dust and not re-circulate it in the shop. - Rated for continuous use - Quiet I use one that has all of these features plus turns on when I start my scroll saw and you can vary the vacuum strength. I think the Fein will do this and a Festool. Unfortunately, both of these are pretty pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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