HELP! How catch dust in vaccuum when drilling wall?

>I want to catch the brick & plaster dust when I drill a hole in
> the wall at home.
> I usually use my ordinary vaccuum cleaner (held by someone else)
> to catch the dust as I drill. It works really well. And it
> extracts and remaining debris in the drill hole which might
> prevent a wall plug going in.
> However the brick & plaster dust block up the vaccuum cleaner's
> bag. Yes, it's one of the older vaccuum cleaners with a bag.
> How can I fix up something which will trap the dust before it gets
> to the bag?
> I was thinking of somehow using some filter material: perhaps a
> bit of densely woven fabric, or perhaps a square cut fro m an old
> vaccuum cleaner bag. Any other ideas of what material to use?
> How would this best be secured? Do you think the best arrangement
> is to simply trap a piece of this filter material between the
> nozzle attachment and the vaccuum cleaner pipe?
> Maybe there is something economical I can buy here in the UK to
> attach to the vaccuum cleaner to do this job. This Drill Mate
> product looks a bit elaborate for infrequent home use and I can't
> think it would trap enough of the dust. Does anyone have any
> experiences with it? http://www.mustget1.com/pages/drillmate.html
> Any other ideas onhow to trap the masonry dust?
> Maybe it is possible to somehow wet the brick with water to
> control the dust? Or something else? Use a handheld water mister
> spray on the drill bit while drilling?
> David
> -----------
> PS: In the past I used a "ceiling cup" on the drill bit but it
> was not as effective as I would have liked.
> I've also seen little plastic bag gadgets which you stick to the
> wall and drill into to catch the dust but these are too expensive.

>> I want to catch the brick & plaster dust when I drill a hole in
>> the wall at home.
>> I usually use my ordinary vaccuum cleaner (held by someone
>> else) to catch the dust as I drill. It works really well. And
>> it extracts and remaining debris in the drill hole which might
>> prevent a wall plug going in.
>> However the brick & plaster dust block up the vaccuum cleaner's
>> bag. Yes, it's one of the older vaccuum cleaners with a bag.
>> How can I fix up something which will trap the dust before it
>> gets to the bag?
>> I was thinking of somehow using some filter material: perhaps
>> a bit of densely woven fabric, or perhaps a square cut fro m an
>> old vaccuum cleaner bag. Any other ideas of what material to
>> use?
>> How would this best be secured? Do you think the best
>> arrangement is to simply trap a piece of this filter material
>> between the nozzle attachment and the vaccuum cleaner pipe?
>> Maybe there is something economical I can buy here in the UK to
>> attach to the vaccuum cleaner to do this job. This Drill Mate
>> product looks a bit elaborate for infrequent home use and I
>> can't think it would trap enough of the dust. Does anyone have
>> any experiences with it?
>> http://www.mustget1.com/pages/drillmate.html
>> Any other ideas onhow to trap the masonry dust?
>> Maybe it is possible to somehow wet the brick with water to
>> control the dust? Or something else? Use a handheld water
>> mister spray on the drill bit while drilling?

> I usually hold get the better half to hold a dustpan against the
> wall catches most of the bits
> or http://www.ronhazelton.com/tips/Paper_Bag_Dust_Catcher.htm

>
> I want to catch the brick & plaster dust when I drill a hole in
> the wall at home.
>
> I usually use my ordinary vaccuum cleaner (held by someone else)
> to catch the dust as I drill. It works really well. And it
> extracts and remaining debris in the drill hole which might
> prevent a wall plug going in.
>
> However the brick & plaster dust block up the vaccuum cleaner's
> bag. Yes, it's one of the older vaccuum cleaners with a bag.
>
> How can I fix up something which will trap the dust before it gets
> to the bag?
>
> I was thinking of somehow using some filter material: perhaps a
> bit of densely woven fabric, or perhaps a square cut fro m an old
> vaccuum cleaner bag. Any other ideas of what material to use?
>
> How would this best be secured? Do you think the best arrangement
> is to simply trap a piece of this filter material between the
> nozzle attachment and the vaccuum cleaner pipe?
>
> Maybe there is something economical I can buy here in the UK to
> attach to the vaccuum cleaner to do this job. This Drill Mate
> product looks a bit elaborate for infrequent home use and I can't
> think it would trap enough of the dust. Does anyone have any
> experiences with it? http://www.mustget1.com/pages/drillmate.html
>
> Any other ideas onhow to trap the masonry dust?
>
> Maybe it is possible to somehow wet the brick with water to
> control the dust? Or something else? Use a handheld water mister
> spray on the drill bit while drilling?
>
> David
>
> -----------
>
> PS: In the past I used a "ceiling cup" on the drill bit but it
> was not as effective as I would have liked.
>
> I've also seen little plastic bag gadgets which you stick to the
> wall and drill into to catch the dust but these are too expensive.

> I don't know if you can find this there, but it's pretty simple so you
> could probably make one.
>
>