Fein III

[lemic_ray]

I have been meaning to ask,

Is the Fein III shop vac sold by shopbot used for dust collection or is it for a vacuum hold down?

[knight_toolworks]

vacuum hold down. you need to move more air for dust collection.

[matney_models]

I was told you will need 2 of them. I just got the second one. Just getting it all set up

[phil_o]

It depends on the type of work you are doing. I have a bechtop Shopbot and quite a bit if my work is 3D carving. I use a Fein III with a two inch hose and a Oneida Dust Deputy. This setup handles my dust collection well. The CFM rating on this vacuum is about 130.

[matney_models]

You missed it, He was asking it the Fein vac was for dust collection or vac hold down? And for Vac hold down you will need 2 on a 96x48 ShopBot or larger

[gene]

I thought it could be used for either

[lemic_ray]

Thanks Guys!

[donchapman]

All three of the Fein vacs are good for vacuum hold down and a single one has worked fine for me for over three years for almost all my hold down needs from less than a square foot to 32 square feet of held down material.

I'm still using the Fein Mini that predated the Fein I and uses a 1.25" hose connected to 1.5" PVC plumbing pipe that distributes the suction to 4 zones on my 4x8 table.

[kubotaman]

My question on using a vacuum or Fein is---doesn't it heat up the vacuum quite a bit because there is no air movement after a vacuum is pulled on the object being held down? I would think that it would have a tendency to burn the motors rather quickly. Am I wrong?

[knight_toolworks]

your wrong they get don't get hot. but they do heat up the shop.

[kubotaman]

My question on using a vacuum or Fein is---doesn't it heat up the vacuum quite a bit because there is no air movement after a vacuum is pulled on the object being held down? I would think that it would have a tendency to burn the motors rather quickly. Am I wrong?

[knight_toolworks]

no they run fine for hours at a time. thats a fien I don't know if a regular shopvac would hold up. they are too noisy.

[rb99]

From what I have read on this forum, the Feins don't burn out- that is what makes them ideal. They don't burn out like shopvacs do.

RIB

[jay_d_wyant]

"My question on using a vacuum or Fein is---doesn't it heat up the vacuum quite a bit because there is no air movement after a vacuum is pulled on the object being held down? I would think that it would have a tendency to burn the motors rather quickly. Am I wrong?"

The Fein vacs have "By-pass" motors, meaning they use a seperate fan for cooling the motor. Most others use the air from the suction to cool them. This is what makes the Fein's more suitable for hold down.