Tom Cancelleri Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm contemplating buying a Fein Turbo I vacuum for use with my Kapex and with my CNC. I have a CT48 that I use with all my other Festool stuff, but changing hoses for other things isn't something I wanna do that much. Does anyone know if the Fein will run for an hour or so straight and not die prematurely possibly every so often if I were doing a big cut operation on the CNC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Honestly T, I run my Kapex on an old-as-dirt Crapsman vac that refuses to die. I use a $10 switch I found at Sears that turns the vac on when the Kapex starts. I can't imagine dropping big coin on a one trick pony like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 If I remember correctly Steve has so experience with the Fein Vacuums. Hopefully he will see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I would think any vac running for 1 hour will have issues or will significantly shorten its life. Maybe you should buy a normal shop vac and test it out to see if it will keep up with the CNC and constant run time. If it does, I am sure the Fein will be better, then you can dedicate the shop vac to the Kapex, like Eric mentioned. You may want to get the dust deputy to go with or else you may clog filters during the hour run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I had a big Fein vac with a Hepa filter and a dust deputy on it that I used for years on my drum sander, sometimes for several hours at a time. Those Fein vacs are quiet because the entire motor is surrounded in foam. This collects lots of dust. Every so often I would take it apart and blow out all the dust. I damaged the little cooling fan on the motor which led to its demise . I have a small Fein vac that is12-15 years old and going strong. Great machine ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I have read online that the new Fein vacs are garbage, inline the old ones...Google for reviews at a few different places Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 11 minutes ago, JosephThomas said: I have read online that the new Fein vacs are garbage, inline the old ones...Google for reviews at a few different places Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Garbage could be a strong word but, they are definitely an example of stripping away all the good features, farming the manufacturing to somewhere else and charging the same old price ;-) At the risk of laziness I will paste in a quote from my brother who has very non-emotional opinions about his tools: "The current Fein Vacs have almost nothing to do with the ones people are saying work great. I WAS a big Fein fan and have 3. One is basically a quiet vac made about 25 years ago. It doesn't have a place to plug a tool in that will turn the vacuum on. It also doesn't have variable suction. The other two are a Turbo II HEPA and a Turbo III made a few years ago. I really like them for the price I paid but my Festool Vac is clearly a better vacuum in most ways. Possibly worth the extra money depending on your needs. The current ones with the same names are not similar. Not even made by the same company or even in the same country. They are certainly not made in Germany but are made in some East Europe factory that makes vacuums for other companies. No variable suction. I'm not really sure why anyone would buy one and neither is the local Fein dealer who dropped them completely" HTH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Garbage could be a strong word but, they are definitely an example of stripping away all the good features, farming the manufacturing to somewhere else and charging the same old price ;-) At the risk of laziness I will paste in a quote from my brother who has very non-emotional opinions about his tools: "The current Fein Vacs have almost nothing to do with the ones people are saying work great. I WAS a big Fein fan and have 3. One is basically a quiet vac made about 25 years ago. It doesn't have a place to plug a tool in that will turn the vacuum on. It also doesn't have variable suction. The other two are a Turbo II HEPA and a Turbo III made a few years ago. I really like them for the price I paid but my Festool Vac is clearly a better vacuum in most ways. Possibly worth the extra money depending on your needs. The current ones with the same names are not similar. Not even made by the same company or even in the same country. They are certainly not made in Germany but are made in some East Europe factory that makes vacuums for other companies. No variable suction. I'm not really sure why anyone would buy one and neither is the local Fein dealer who dropped them completely" HTH Great review. You're right I was over generalizing bc I was being lazy and it's the Monday after a holiday Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Proctor Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I had one until it went up in smoke, won't buy another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjeff70 Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 https://www.amazon.com/DGC-PRODUCTS-IS110M-i-Socket-Autoswitch/dp/B005ELWUWG/ref=pd_sim_263_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B005ELWUWG&pd_rd_r=X8MKK6MBKNH83KZQ0FGB&pd_rd_w=dwIPa&pd_rd_wg=CdCUR&psc=1&refRID=X8MKK6MBKNH83KZQ0FGB Ratings aren't the greatest, I would like to find a better one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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