New Use for A Dust Collector

[John Stankus]

Just in the process of moving to a new house. My wife noticed the dryer was taking a long time. So I went to clean out the piping (usually a 10-15 minute job at the old house). and could get the dryer vent brush through the turns in the piping. The dryer brush was too flexible and the snake I had too stiff. I finally (after several hours) realized my dust collector had the same size piping as the dryer vent piping. Hooked up the dust collector and used it to pull a thin piece of rope through the pipe, and used the rope to pull the dryer vent brush through. Worked pretty well, and the dust collector pulled a bunch of lint out.


John

[glenn bradley]

Redd Green would be proud and so am I. Very clever.

[Jesse Cloud]

Maybe wifey would go for a dust collector upgrade if I explained what it was really for..... what would it take, about 5 HP to get that lint?:p

[Brad Townsend]

Redd Green would be proud and so am I. Very clever. I didn't read any mention of duct tape in that post...:D

[John Stankus]

Actually I was in dire need of Duct tape to reseal the dryer vent ducts I separated. It's in a box....somewhere...

John

[Matt Meiser]

Hope you have a 5HP cyclone with .1 micron dust filters. I hear dryer lint is deadly. :rolleyes: :D

Good thinking. I've heard of using a shop vac to pull a string thought conduit but would have ripped all the ductwork apart before I thought of this.

[E W Wilkinson]

I just use my leaf blower on the highest speed and blow the lint out through the exhaust tube.:)

[Chris Barton]

EW beat me to the punch! Dooh!

[Mike Wilkins]

Be careful. Dryer vent pipe (the metal kind) is a thin-wall tubing. It may collapse under the pressure of a dust collector vacuum.
Never mind if it is a flexy plastic material.

[Allen Bookout]

Good use for a dust collector but my question is: Why do you need to use a brush after removing the lint with the dust collector?

[Tyler Howell]

Used mine to clean my HVAC ducts before a new furnace install.
Used compressed air and a flex chimney brush to. Worked pretty good.;)