My NSS M1 vacuums have scrap traps-glad they do.The fan in an M1 is pretty tough-yes I have seen it eat nails and electric box knokout slugs with no problem.however the nuts,bolts and even parts sucked out of transmitters could even break the NSS fan.I don't want to find out how many quarters a Kirby fan can eat before breaking.I so remember a demo shown to me and Bill years ago at the Vacuum Cleaner Hospital by the Royal rep-He put the hose adaptor one one of the metal uprights and let it suck several pennies from his hand.then he opened the fancase-the fan only had a nick in one blade and another was only slightly bent.this would have DESTROYED a Kirby plastic fan.Yes,thats abuse-but it does show the toughness of the Royal fan.I won't do that.I use a canister vacuum most of the time instead of the hsoe on a Kirby or Royal for that matter.I just think the trap is an inexpensive and effictive solution against fan breakage-no it won't prevent it all of the time-but its better than replacing fans all of the time.Magnet bars are only good on steel itmes.Too many non steel items out there to break fans.I wouldn't even think of using a Kirby of any sort to clean up contruction-demolition mess.A shop vac or the M1.
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Shop vacs have their place, as do brooms on bare floors. 
As an auto detailer, I use shop vac for everything. You can't suck up PENS and crazy large objects with any upright vac, that's for sure!
I do a bit of wood working as a hobby, I like to hook up the shop vac to my table saw or mitre saw while I cut, it sucks at least half the sawdust away. Would be interesting to try that on a Kirby, but I don't think I will be doing that. lol
As an auto detailer, I use shop vac for everything. You can't suck up PENS and crazy large objects with any upright vac, that's for sure!
I do a bit of wood working as a hobby, I like to hook up the shop vac to my table saw or mitre saw while I cut, it sucks at least half the sawdust away. Would be interesting to try that on a Kirby, but I don't think I will be doing that. lol
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I cleaned at one place years ago. They had a Kirby Classic III. The guys in the shop hooked the hose up to the exaust on the radial arm saw and used the kirby to collect the resulting dust. No harm done to the vacuum. Just cloggs the bag up but that can be emptied. The only time you might be in danger is if you are cleaning up alot of sanding dust that has varnish or similar finishes. A pile of sanding dust coated in varnish can smolder or start on fire. I was talking to the guys who sand the gym floors where we clean and they told me that it is possible. The sanding dust they have contains oil modified finishes. And they have had a few smoldering fires from time to time. I made a post about share some stories in the Off topic section go there and read about the guy with the car.He is the first one after mine. You won't believe it. The second one is good too.
I cleaned at one place years ago. They had a Kirby Classic III. The guys in the shop hooked the hose up to the exaust on the radial arm saw and used the kirby to collect the resulting dust. No harm done to the vacuum. Just cloggs the bag up but that can be emptied. The only time you might be in danger is if you are cleaning up alot of sanding dust that has varnish or similar finishes. A pile of sanding dust coated in varnish can smolder or start on fire. I was talking to the guys who sand the gym floors where we clean and they told me that it is possible. The sanding dust they have contains oil modified finishes. And they have had a few smoldering fires from time to time. I made a post about share some stories in the Off topic section go there and read about the guy with the car.He is the first one after mine. You won't believe it. The second one is good too.
If you use a Kirby as a dust collector on a power tool-keep in mind fine sawdust and sanding dust will clog the bag pores quickly-wether it be a disposable bag or dump bag.The Kirby instructions warn about this when using the Kirby Turbo-tool sander.You can't be too careful with sanding debris from floors and such.You have to empty bags and containers promply and dispose of the waste in METAL containers.contractors that sand and finish floors have this concern.and the sanding debris can contain abrasive-so it will abrade suction fans of any type."Dirt Deputy" or something like that has a website on their centrifical debris collectors for sanders and other tools-you use it with a Shop Vacuum.Collects most of the debris before reaching the shop vacuums drum and filter.and oh yes-sanding dust can even be EXPLOSIVE when suspended-no sparks or flames-or you can get an explosion like a Fuel air bomb!
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