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Edit: I took the Shop Vac apart again and the fan was out of alignment, it was relatively easy to get it back into place! Hallelujah! Thank you to everyone who commented, it was very helpful.

today while cleaning up my shop my shop vac rolled onto the power cord and tipped over, it immediately changed the pitch of the engine. Now it sounds like my Shop Vac has to work really hard, it’s not a high pitch whirr/scream like I see others asking for help on. It no longer sucks with any force, even small particles on my shop floor and not disturbed.

I emptied the canister, and changed my filter for a brand new one. the hose has no blockages either. and it still sounds off, and will not suck anything up. I Took the bottom off the top part of the engine housing, and used my air compressor to dust off the interior “it was basically clean minus a tiny bit of saw dust”. However, it sounds the same. I’m nervous something could be in the engine itself. I have tried fixing the actual engine of a different Shop Vac in the past and it did not end well.

does anyone have any ideas what it could be? I don’t have any small engine repair shops in my area, and sending it to DeWalt to be fixed is the same price as buying a new Shop Vac. If I can’t fix it I will just have to buy a new one.

I just purchased a used table saw and realized after watching some YouTube tutorials, it does not have either of two recommended safety devices, a riving knife or a blade guard. I feel like I could do without the guard but I do really want a riving knife. Does anybody know if that is something you can purchase separately? It’s a skil saw.

My Black and Decker drill stopped working today after about 30 years of service. It was the last hole it ever made to support the formwork for my new garden. We had a grand journey ranging from simple hole to powering a grain mill. It's a shame I cannot post a photo a mainstay of this platform.