Scheppacc HA1000 Dust extractor REVIEW

[Graham Orm]

I've just received one of these from Toolstop. Prior to buying I've had 2 conventional vac's linked into the same extraction system. They worked fine and shifted dust from the opposite side of my shop. However as stated in another post the exhaust has been throwing out fine dust, which is the really bad stuff you should avoid.

I set up a little test. I placed two 3ft lengths of 2x1 on edge on a flat surface about an inch apart. I then placed a piece of ply over them forming a crude tunnel. Inside the tunnel I laid a 1/4" deep bed of shavings and dust along it's length.

I placed the hose of my shop vac 'duo system' to one end of the tunnel and held it there for a count of 6 seconds. When removing the lid it had shifted the dust to roughly half way down the tunnel. I marked the point and repeated the test with my work vac from the van. This is an Einhell wet dry with a power take off. It produced pretty much the same results.

Next I tried the Scheppacc. Wow! not a crumb left. It shifted the lot.


On the blurb on the TS website it clearly states that the vac comes with an exhaust kit. I had planned to run this outside through a port in the shop wall. However, there is no exhaust kit with it! The exhaust comes from around the top of the unit and would be hard to catch. I'm considering fitting an upturned drum onto the top of the unit with a hose leading off it to the wall port. But for the time being I plan to use it as it is.
The blurb says it's filtration is good down to 0.5 microns and will deal with MDF dust. This has to be better than my current set up, so as I have jobs queueing up I'll use the standard set up for now.

I will however let TS know that they are advertising something that is not in the kit.

It seems to be a great buy for £109, certainly good enough for any home workshop extraction system. http://www.toolstop.co.uk/scheppach-ha1 ... 40v-p64149

 

[Graham Orm]

I emailed TS, yesterday. This morning I received a call from Scheppach explaining that there is no exhaust kit for this machine. They said that they would put TS straight. Within 5 minutes Toolstop rang offering a refund and explained that the website error would be corrected. I decided to keep the machine.

 

[Aggrajag]

You can just use this like a normal vacuum and have the filtered air just blow back into the room can't you?

 

[Graham Orm]

You can just use this like a normal vacuum and have the filtered air just blow back into the room can't you?

Yes that's how it's designed to work. I'm just being over cautious. Every little thing seems to affect my chest as I get older.

 

[Aggrajag]

There's no percentage in safety!

You'll thank yourself someday.

 

[Aggrajag]

I've had a few email exchanges with the distributor (further up the chain than ToolStop) about this as I didn't understand some of the instructions, partly my inexperience and partly the manual (which wasn't even included, they had to email me one) being for the same model but old design.. two emails to follow for anyone else who may purchase this same item...

 

[Aggrajag]

From me to the distributor...

Thank you for the PDFs of the missing Scheppach HA1000 manuals.

I was wondering if you could help me further:

1) I’m baffled by the details in figure 6 regarding the crocodile clip. When I tore back the plastic covering I only uncovered plastic ribbing on the hose and not metal wire. (Fig 6, “A”)
2) Where does this crocodile clip & wire come from? (Fig 5, “B”) It’s not mentioned anywhere else in either of the manuals.
3) What is the ~100mm black plastic adapter for that has 4 fins inside it making a sort of a cross? It’s not mentioned or drawn anywhere in the manual.

 

[Aggrajag]

And the reply from the distributor:

I have looked into this and found out that the ha 1000 is now produced from a different factory and they are still using the old instruction manual , the old machine had an earthing kit with it , this one apparently does not have one , it does however have an extra adapter which is the one you refer to with the cross piece which prevents large off cuts being sucked into the machine , this can be used in various position ( see my pictures ) , I have passed your comments to the manufacturer .

The pictures show the extra adapter being between the main unit and the extractor hose and make obvious sense now I've seen them :?
They also show it on the "working end" of the extractor hose but I see this being less useful when using the size adapters.

 

[Graham Orm]

Only just spotted your posts Aggrajag.

Mine came with the same kit and comprehensive instructions. I used the cone like connector straight into the drum, its a friction fit which means it's easy to remove when the drum needs emptying. Mine came with 2 hose clips, one of which I used to clip the hose to the tapered connector, the other I used on the end of the supplied hose to connect it to the reducer into my existing 3" system.
My system has a take-off for a standard vac hose. When this is used the extractor complains and makes a rasping sound, I open one of the other blast gates until the noise subsides. This works like the sliding vent you get on a conventional vac. The small hose still works well even with another blast gate slightly open.

Mine also had the adapter with the fins in it. I assume this is to go on a machine that will produce large pieces of waste. The fins will stop anything too big going down the pipe and wedging. The fins themselves will cause a reduction in suction so I've not used it. Even my thicknesser doesn't create large enough chips to require it.