Ryobi 26 Gallon Vacuum

[KomaToast]

Does anybody recall how much the Ryobi vacuum for the Air Flotation table sold for new?

I emailed Ryobi about it and nobody there could remember the price.

It's a 28 gallon, not a 26.

Thanks

[LCHIEN]

i don;t remember how much they sold for but they were unusual in that they had a separate motor cooling fan other than the air flow from the suction/exhaust. Only the Fein vacuums share this feature.

The usefullness of this feature is that it makes the vacuum suitable for sucking on closed end loads for long periods of time without overheating the motor. E.g. if the hose is closed off the airflow falls to zero and the motors in conventional vacs don't get any cooling - their makers assume that it will be used for a vacuum cleaner apps where the suction end is open to draw a lot of air with dust in.

The place where closed end loads are useful is for vacuum jigs like presses and also for vacuum hold down tables like the one that Ryobi sold as an optional accessory for the BT3x series of saws. Of course the vacuum tbale was also called a flotation table and it could be used to "float" sheet goods by reversing the connection to the vac from vacuum to exhaust. FLoated sheet goods made it easy to cut large plywood or other panels on the saw with appropriate outfeed and the wide table kit.

[cgallery]

they were unusual in that they had a separate motor cooling fan other than the air flow from the suction/exhaust.

So conventional shop vacs cool the motor by passing the exhaust air through the motor on the way to the exhaust?

I've used some Shop Vac and Ridgid units and I thought some of them had ports on top where hot air is coming out. I had thought some of them had separate cooling ports, but I don't know for sure.

[LCHIEN]

So conventional shop vacs cool the motor by passing the exhaust air through the motor on the way to the exhaust?

I've used some Shop Vac and Ridgid units and I thought some of them had ports on top where hot air is coming out. I had thought some of them had separate cooling ports, but I don't know for sure.

that was sort of my understanding...
but that was back from when Ryobi was pushing their vac for use with the vacuum/flotation table. It was more than 15 years ago.
maybe the newer vacs have independent cooling fans.

[LCHIEN]

this article from Nov 1993 says $130

http://books.google.com/books?id=3oR...vacuum&f=false

[Eagan]

Flotation Table Price

I had a flotation table; didn't like the thing. It seemed to be bowed - which I read was a common complaint - and nothing ever "floated" on it. It worked okay as a downdraft table. Maybe mine was defective or perhaps the installer (me) did a bad job.

About the price. You got me curious and I did a google search. I was amused when it led me right back to bt3central. On a post dated 2/27/06, someone from Katy, TX advises...

MilDoc,
check the FAQ, it has some more detailed info on construction and
and how others have found it.

Last 2 questions, yes and yes.

Sears still has them listed as an accessory to the 22811 for $170.


I had one at about this time; didn't like the thing

[JR]

On a post dated 2/27/06, someone from Katy, TX advises...

check the FAQ, ....

Sears still has them listed as an accessory to the 22811 for $170.

That's worth a chuckle!

JR

[KomaToast]

this article from Nov 1993 says $130

http://books.google.com/books?id=3oR...vacuum&f=false

1993 prices, Leg Set $26 and the Quick Fold Outfeed table $90.
Todays price, $50 and $200, just about doubled in 17 years.

So would $150 be reasonable for a new in box never used Ryobi 28 gallon vacuum?

[LCHIEN]

1993 prices, Leg Set $26 and the Quick Fold Outfeed table $90.
Todays price, $50 and $200, just about doubled in 17 years.

So would $150 be reasonable for a new in box never used Ryobi 28 gallon vacuum?

a couple of ways of looking at it:
A) Shop vacs today are commonly sold for well under $100.
Getting bags/filters to fit might be hard. May be NIB, Rubber, plastic, and/or electrical wiring parts may have deteriorated. No warranty. Capacity a bit bigger than usual.
Unless the Ryobi vac had some feature I really needed - like the cooling fan or the capacity, otherwise its just an at least 15 YO vac.

B) 1993 BT3000 price $600
todays price new $150 to $200
Price has fallen 75% in 17 years... should sell for... $37

So I wouldn't pay that, OTOH there may be someone out there looking for just that hard to get vac. Have to be real, real patient to get $150.

Sorry.