Home Central Vaccum System for lathe Vaccum System?

[smithadamm]

I was perusing an internet of things website looking for xmas presents for the family when I can across this...

http://www.homecontrols.com/NuTone-Central-Vacuum-400W-1-Stage-Disposable-Bag-NUCV400?sc=23&category=194194

I thought maybe it would be of interest to some folks here. Maybe it works as a lathe system, maybe not, but it looks pretty cool.

[EmAtChapterV]

I knew of someone who had a system like this for cutting - the chip jar was behind the lathe as per usual, but was connected to a series of PVC pipes through walls to a vacuum pump in the garage, one floor above and one room over. It was much more pleasant than having the vacuum in the same room as the lathe. 400 watts might be overkill - my vacuum pump pulls 110 watts going full-blast, 75 watts running normally (turned down to 45 or 50 on the variac).

Having had a central vacuum system installed improperly in a house where I lived... if you're going to do this, make sure the pipes are properly insulated if they're run through an attic or somewhere else where they'll encounter temperature swings! Warm indoor air + cold outdoor air = condensation; condensation + dust = effectively cement. We had a repair guy try to roto-rooter out the pipe and crawl around in the attic to no effect; the only way to fix it would have been to tear it all out and start over.

[Bodyslam]

I knew of someone who had a system like this for cutting - the chip jar was behind the lathe as per usual, but was connected to a series of PVC pipes through walls to a vacuum pump in the garage

I went to a system like this years ago...so glad to get that noise out of the cutting room.