Hi Phil,
I'm very impressed with your design and the results that you've gotten. I have a Big Green Clean Machine which was a carpet cleaner that could also be used as a shop vac, but we got a better carpet cleaner a while back so it became my dedicated shop vac. It uses 1 1/4" hoses and had thought about using 1 1/4" inlets and outlets, but it sounds like I'll have clogging issues. However, what if I use a 2 1/2" inlet and a 1 1/4" outlet.
I have picked out the trash can, it's 31 gallons metal, 20 1/2" diameter, and 27" deep. I'm going to use 3/4" birch plywood as you suggested. I was also thinking of putting another piece in the bottom and then boring out 1/4" deep holes in it and the baffle and attaching them with dowels to try and prevent this metal can squashing that I keep reading about.
Thoughts?
Thank-you
I'm very impressed with your design and the results that you've gotten. I have a Big Green Clean Machine which was a carpet cleaner that could also be used as a shop vac, but we got a better carpet cleaner a while back so it became my dedicated shop vac. It uses 1 1/4" hoses and had thought about using 1 1/4" inlets and outlets, but it sounds like I'll have clogging issues. However, what if I use a 2 1/2" inlet and a 1 1/4" outlet.
I have picked out the trash can, it's 31 gallons metal, 20 1/2" diameter, and 27" deep. I'm going to use 3/4" birch plywood as you suggested. I was also thinking of putting another piece in the bottom and then boring out 1/4" deep holes in it and the baffle and attaching them with dowels to try and prevent this metal can squashing that I keep reading about.
Thoughts?
Thank-you