[Shop-talk] water filter for blast cabinet

[Marc]

Thanks to all for some pretty cool ideas. In the end, I went for 
simplicity and just made a baffle, a) because I could use what I had on 
hand, and b) because I could get on with what I actually set out to do!

I took some sheet metal,  cut out a circle sized to fit snugly in the 
bucket, about 1/3 of the way down. Cut a hole for the inlet pipe to pass 
through, and drilled about a dozen holes in the center.

Success! Just the tiniest dribble of water in the hose to the shop vac, 
not enough to be concerned with. Upon firing up the vacuum, the first 
thing I noticed was the gloves were sucked into the cabinet (they 
usually hang out the front, inside out...) It works fantastically! I can 
see inside the cabinet, and there was no dust everywhere on everything! 
The only downside is having to wear ear protection now. However, with 
enough hose I can put the shop vac outside...

Marc