I hope this isn't what I think it is

[MeDoctor]

I was vacuuming up chips after doing the drilling and tapping to mount my disc attachment on my KMG and I sucked up a washer that I had just ground down to use as a shim in the project, so I opened the vac to retrieve it. There's a hole burned in the bottom of the shop vac. Looks like I almost had myself a nice fire.

 

[A C Richards]

Yup you sucked up a hot chip or 2. With the blast of the vac you could have been in trouble.. Steel dust burns hot and fast. If you vacuum up real soon after a grinding session empty your vac. I usually suck up a little water just in case and then empty it.

You can set up a secondary recovery through a metal can with metal fittings.

Chuck

 

[MeDoctor]

I need to get up off of it and build my cyclone separator.

 

[Larry Hensley]

Wow that would have been a bad way to end a good day of Grinding.

 

[Keith_H]

good thing you noticed it. This never would have happened to my filings