I got about 10 years out of mine, but replaced it with a shop vac Brand one because I can't bring myself to buy another craftsman product. Like you said their quality is in the gutter anymore.
The Amps-Drawn by the Motor is directly proportional to the VOLUME of Air being moved. When the Hose is blocked, the Impeller is running in a VACUUM, reducing the Load on the Motor. No "Special" Electronic-Controls are needed or wanted. Vacuum-Cleaners have worked this way since they were invented.
My husky vac has the same feet/mount system as your craftsman. They seem good as long as you screw them on. I didn't and I'm still looking for one that slid off.
Your instructional welding videos are really great and have helped me understand the welding processes. Could you make some videos on oxy ac welding. I've been trying to get proficient at it but, I'm struggling. Keep up the great videos
The Craftsman that my dad had we use those chrome sockets on impacts and torque wrenches are torts breaker bars sorry breaker parts they were awesome and the ratchets had really tight tight gears in them you just click click click so you can get in really tight areas and not have that big slop trying to get into the next tooth
Best shop vac I've ever had was a Stihl brand. That thing is powerful and quiet. Really nice. I lucked out and bought it on clearance from a place that lost their Stihl franchise. I only paid a third of the price. I regret not buying every one they had left. There's absolutely no way I would pay full price for another one. It might be good but not for that much money.
Best thing I ever got for my shop vac was these disposable wrap around bags that you stuff inside the drum. It holds a decent amount of crud and saves me from replacing or cleaning the internal filter. Of course it didn't fit properly but with enough force and creative cutting –you can make anything work. Lol The shop vac still sucks good and that's what I was most concerned about… YMMV P.S. Don't ask me what vac I got 'cause I don't know unless I go and look and I don't feel like getting off my ass to look 🙂. I remember it being on sale and was a wet or dry unit which is what I needed at the time.
I still use my 16 gallon Craftsman my dad bought me in 1993. 30 yrs! I have changed out hoses once due to cracking, but it still works great. Nowhere as quiet as your though. Happy New Year!
False advertising is lying. Whores in power take lobbying bribes to not enforce the laws. I like a metal container around the shop so I don't make a hole in it with a piece of hot swarf I might inadvertently suck up. Also is a bit more impervious to cutting oil. It really does get sickening at how much the government approves of and allows Madison Avenue bullshit and consumer fraud. Most likely scared if truth in advertising became a fact it would apply to them making campaign promises verbal contracts (which they are) and enforceable!!!
You should see what those caster wheels do… when you back over it with a Bobcat 😳🤬. Boy I know what you mean about the quality of the old tools, I still use my old craftsman 4" angle grinder I bought in the early 80's, it's just a backup now that I got a Porter Cable 7.5amp But the build quality on the PC sucks compared to the "Craftsman professional" line they used to sell back then, I figure the PC will last a couple of year's tops. I blame a lot of the sub standard tools we get to buy because of the out sourcing to china. and I have noticed it's getting much worse lately.
Greg, I highly recomment to look for an end brush or a replacement for tube that touches the floor and do this sooner rather than later. This shop vac may be powerful enough to pull the hose towards a surface so that you won't be able to maintain a small distance between that surface and the hose end. The problem is, a hard abrasive surface like concrete floor will gradually grind off plastic from the end of hose tube and if there are any extensions to the tube it whould be hard or impossible to fit them on after some time. Maybe it's possible to put some rubber or silicone ring on the tube end to protect it from scratching surfaces with plastic. I know it's a glass reinforced plastic and it lasts long, but I've ran into a problem like this in few years of using even a smaller shop vac.
I know its counter intuitive, but almost every fluid transfer pump will drop current when you plug it up….Seriously try it. I was surprised when I first discovered this but it makes sense. It isn't doing any work. Most pumps are of the impeller type design where the fluid can bypass around the impeller. The reason the motors all get hot is because they almost all use the flow as cooling and that's not there anymore. This doesn't apply to compressor style pumps because they are designed to draw in fresh and compress
The only work being done is spinning the fluid in a circle. I know some people will say its because its a vacuum, but that's not exactly right. Vacuums are just lower pressure than ambient and its not a very significant vacuum, so there's still almost the same particles in there getting spun around, just a little less of them….so it still comes back to the pump is doing less work
You can try it with box fans, for a clearer example of this. No one is going to say a box fan will generate a vacuum even though it will generate a slightly lower pressure zone. I'm sure there's some industrial gear out there where this isn't true but that this is because the set up dictates that the pump ends up doing more work when its plugged up (like an air compressor).
Edit for added link. You can search the terms "why does current drop when a pump is blocked" if you don't believe me. You can also search for "affinity laws" if you want to see the math behind it.
Good morning Greg. Happy New Year. I bought basically the same Craftsman shop vac as yours. I used it a lot when we were building our cabin here in the mountains. It worked great but about 10 minutes after the 3 year limited warrenty was up the motor burnt up. But up until that point it worked great. I personally didn't buy another Craftsman. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
I’ve got a 16 gal Craftsman shop vac. A squat grey model with black top. I bought that almost 40 years ago when we bought the house. Loud as all hell. I use it with my milling machine. It gets completely filled with metal, plastic and wood. It still works very well. Otherwise I have a small and a larger Fein. A lot more expensive, but they are very quiet and really, it’s worth it for that. Though the annoying part is that they use smaller diameter (but long!) hoses. I also recently bought a 1.1 gallon battery powered DeWalt. Pretty good, but bulky.
Another great episode of shit I shouldn't buy.😅 I'd say leave it in one piece until it breaks. I check reviews and Harbor Freight equivalent or closest ON SALE. I have walked several broken tools back into the HF store and left with new in the last year, hard to beat. Love your stuff Greg, glad you're still getting better.
I think Mastercrap up here in Canada has the dib on the crap name lol.
For those who don't know they are house brand of Canadian tire, a hardware/department store. It wasn't bad before and used to be lifetime warranty on majority of the stuff, but just getting worse and worse both quality and service wise. Not long ago I bought a stack of depressed center cutoff discs and later found out the depression is off center and disc would get crushed by grinder's lock washer. Brought it back to the store, manager basically said no receipt, tough luck, piss off and literally walked away. Can't think of any other store that would treat a dangerous defect in their house brand product this way.
Greg, I have a two year old Crapsman vac and you will find that the hose is a lot junkier than they used to be. I guarantee you will kink it pretty easily.
Volumetric flow is proprtional to power drawn in centrifugal pumps. I'd guess this is the same. Less flow, less amps and vise versa.
I got about 10 years out of mine, but replaced it with a shop vac Brand one because I can't bring myself to buy another craftsman product. Like you said their quality is in the gutter anymore.
Man, I don't know. Looks like it kinda sucks.
The Amps-Drawn by the Motor is directly proportional to the VOLUME of Air being moved.
When the Hose is blocked, the Impeller is running in a VACUUM, reducing the Load on the Motor.
No "Special" Electronic-Controls are needed or wanted.
Vacuum-Cleaners have worked this way since they were invented.
I just sweep up the big stuff and use the battery leaf blower to get rid of the rest. Too much hassle to vacuum.
My husky vac has the same feet/mount system as your craftsman. They seem good as long as you screw them on. I didn't and I'm still looking for one that slid off.
Your instructional welding videos are really great and have helped me understand the welding processes. Could you make some videos on oxy ac welding. I've been trying to get proficient at it but, I'm struggling. Keep up the great videos
The Craftsman that my dad had we use those chrome sockets on impacts and torque wrenches are torts breaker bars sorry breaker parts they were awesome and the ratchets had really tight tight gears in them you just click click click so you can get in really tight areas and not have that big slop trying to get into the next tooth
Best shop vac I've ever had was a Stihl brand. That thing is powerful and quiet. Really nice. I lucked out and bought it on clearance from a place that lost their Stihl franchise. I only paid a third of the price. I regret not buying every one they had left. There's absolutely no way I would pay full price for another one. It might be good but not for that much money.
Best thing I ever got for my shop vac was these disposable wrap around bags that you stuff inside the drum. It holds a decent amount of crud and saves me from replacing or cleaning the internal filter. Of course it didn't fit properly but with enough force and creative cutting –you can make anything work. Lol The shop vac still sucks good and that's what I was most concerned about… YMMV
P.S. Don't ask me what vac I got 'cause I don't know unless I go and look and I don't feel like getting off my ass to look 🙂. I remember it being on sale and was a wet or dry unit which is what I needed at the time.
I still use my 16 gallon Craftsman my dad bought me in 1993. 30 yrs! I have changed out hoses once due to cracking, but it still works great. Nowhere as quiet as your though. Happy New Year!
6.5 peak hp is just marketing advertising. 12 amp motor is the biggest motor to get in a shop vacuum. It’s probably 1.5hp max
I remember a friend back in the early 70 s got a craftsman with two motors on it to increase suction
All of my shop vacs, the bigger ones and the small ones are all rigid ones. Havent had a craftsman.
False advertising is lying. Whores in power take lobbying bribes to not enforce the laws. I like a metal container around the shop so I don't make a hole in it with a piece of hot swarf I might inadvertently suck up. Also is a bit more impervious to cutting oil. It really does get sickening at how much the government approves of and allows Madison Avenue bullshit and consumer fraud. Most likely scared if truth in advertising became a fact it would apply to them making campaign promises verbal contracts (which they are) and enforceable!!!
You should see what those caster wheels do… when you back over it with a Bobcat 😳🤬.
Boy I know what you mean about the quality of the old tools, I still use my old craftsman 4" angle grinder I bought in the early 80's, it's just a backup now that I got a Porter Cable 7.5amp But the build quality on the PC sucks compared to the "Craftsman professional" line they used to sell back then, I figure the PC will last a couple of year's tops. I blame a lot of the sub standard tools we get to buy because of the out sourcing to china. and I have noticed it's getting much worse lately.
Greg, I highly recomment to look for an end brush or a replacement for tube that touches the floor and do this sooner rather than later. This shop vac may be powerful enough to pull the hose towards a surface so that you won't be able to maintain a small distance between that surface and the hose end. The problem is, a hard abrasive surface like concrete floor will gradually grind off plastic from the end of hose tube and if there are any extensions to the tube it whould be hard or impossible to fit them on after some time. Maybe it's possible to put some rubber or silicone ring on the tube end to protect it from scratching surfaces with plastic. I know it's a glass reinforced plastic and it lasts long, but I've ran into a problem like this in few years of using even a smaller shop vac.
Didn't the shop vac manufacturers get class action sued back in the 90s for this exact type of marketing for motor specs?
I know its counter intuitive, but almost every fluid transfer pump will drop current when you plug it up….Seriously try it. I was surprised when I first discovered this but it makes sense. It isn't doing any work. Most pumps are of the impeller type design where the fluid can bypass around the impeller. The reason the motors all get hot is because they almost all use the flow as cooling and that's not there anymore. This doesn't apply to compressor style pumps because they are designed to draw in fresh and compress
The only work being done is spinning the fluid in a circle. I know some people will say its because its a vacuum, but that's not exactly right. Vacuums are just lower pressure than ambient and its not a very significant vacuum, so there's still almost the same particles in there getting spun around, just a little less of them….so it still comes back to the pump is doing less work
You can try it with box fans, for a clearer example of this. No one is going to say a box fan will generate a vacuum even though it will generate a slightly lower pressure zone. I'm sure there's some industrial gear out there where this isn't true but that this is because the set up dictates that the pump ends up doing more work when its plugged up (like an air compressor).
Edit for added link. You can search the terms "why does current drop when a pump is blocked" if you don't believe me. You can also search for "affinity laws" if you want to see the math behind it.
Wrong units ! It's a suck/blow machine, that means the HP stands for Huff and Puff, not HorsePower.
Those casters are fine as long as you don’t move it around very often.
Good morning Greg. Happy New Year. I bought basically the same Craftsman shop vac as yours. I used it a lot when we were building our cabin here in the mountains. It worked great but about 10 minutes after the 3 year limited warrenty was up the motor burnt up. But up until that point it worked great. I personally didn't buy another Craftsman. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
I’ve got a 16 gal Craftsman shop vac. A squat grey model with black top. I bought that almost 40 years ago when we bought the house. Loud as all hell. I use it with my milling machine. It gets completely filled with metal, plastic and wood. It still works very well. Otherwise I have a small and a larger Fein. A lot more expensive, but they are very quiet and really, it’s worth it for that. Though the annoying part is that they use smaller diameter (but long!) hoses. I also recently bought a 1.1 gallon battery powered DeWalt. Pretty good, but bulky.
Another great episode of shit I shouldn't buy.😅 I'd say leave it in one piece until it breaks. I check reviews and Harbor Freight equivalent or closest ON SALE. I have walked several broken tools back into the HF store and left with new in the last year, hard to beat. Love your stuff Greg, glad you're still getting better.
I think Mastercrap up here in Canada has the dib on the crap name lol.
For those who don't know they are house brand of Canadian tire, a hardware/department store. It wasn't bad before and used to be lifetime warranty on majority of the stuff, but just getting worse and worse both quality and service wise. Not long ago I bought a stack of depressed center cutoff discs and later found out the depression is off center and disc would get crushed by grinder's lock washer. Brought it back to the store, manager basically said no receipt, tough luck, piss off and literally walked away. Can't think of any other store that would treat a dangerous defect in their house brand product this way.
Greg, I have a two year old Crapsman vac and you will find that the hose is a lot junkier than they used to be. I guarantee you will kink it pretty easily.