[Shop-talk] Shop-vac closing

[PJ McGarvey]

Must be hard finding work removing contaminants from the air these days.
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From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Peter Murray <peterwmurray at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 10:34 AM
To: shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-vac closing

When I read the article, it appeared to me that this shutdown is just of their manufacturing facilities in Williamsport, PA, not Shop-Vac as a whole. They have manufacturing facilities in Binghamton, NY as well as China.

This article<https://www.northcentralpa.com/business/shop-vac-is-closing-hundreds-of-employees-to-lose-jobs/article_22df06ee-f77a-11ea-b643-0bc122c9e71c.html> seems to indicate that it is Shop-Vac as a whole, which I'd find quite surprising, given the ubiquity of their products! Then again, it is hard for manufacturing companies to manufacture when the Pennsylvania government prevents employees from working....

-Peter

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 8:43 AM John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com<mailto:jdinnis at gmail.com>> wrote:
I recently tried a dust deputy in line with my shop vac.  I have been amazed at how well it works.  It stops about 90% of the dust and particulate before it even gets into the vac.  I used to have to replace my filters every couple months.  Have been using the same filter now for six months and it still looks like new.  I bought the deluxe kit that comes with casters and is supposed to bolt on to the side of the shop vac, but I didn't like how they had that set up, so I made a cart to stack the dust deputy on top of it.  Overall I am very happy and I plan to buy another one to use with my other shop vac in the basement.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 10:42 PM Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org<mailto:mayfield%2Bshoptalk at sackheads.org>> wrote:
Hopefully we'll still be able to buy bags that fit.  I'm a big fan of
using drywall bags in my shop-vac.  They do a great job of catching dust
before it can clog the HEPA filter.


On 2020-09-15 22:07, David Scheidt wrote:
> Shop-vac rather abruptly shutdown, apparently for good, today.
>
> https://www.pennlive.com/business/2020/09/shop-vac-abruptly-closes-williamsport-facilities-leaving-estimated-400-jobless.html
>

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