My shop dustpan handle had a failure. I am not sure how it happened but I think it was caused by my Shop Ghost (anyway that's my story). I tried using the dustpan but I think the length of my arms may be shrinking. At one time I could bend down and put my hands flat on the floor. Now when I bend down my fingertips are about 6 in short of touching the floor. I was about to throw the dustpan in the dust bin when the light bulb lit. Why not repair the handle but extend it 7 in higher to compensate for my shrinking arms?
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Glenn
I create problem solving challenges and opportunities for design modification, not mistakes.
SS 520 born 04/16/03, Power Station mounted Band saw , Scroll saw, Jointer, Belt sander, Overarm router, dedicated Mark V drill press, SS Maxi-clamp system, Shopsmith woodworking bench
I do things like that. Spend hours on the SS making something that I could buy for $1 at Dollar Tree - e.g., a dustpan with an handle and a broom. But what does that save. Well a dollar. My time's no longer worth that.
I find that using my leaf blower to clean the dust out of my shop (aka garage) is a neat way to de-dust everything. On low I can even point to the shelves from a distance without disturbing more than dust.
Also I then dust off the driveway with it instead of using water - of which, we are scarce down here in SoCal.
Forrest
Hmm, I haven't tried to touch the floor in so long I don't know if I could even come within 6 inches, Glen
Forrest
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
Another use for a leaf blower - but to be done when your wife is gone for half a day. Blow out the dust bunnies that collect under the refrigerator. If she is there when you do it she will emotionally hemorrhage and your hemorrhaging will be elsewhere.
db5 wrote:Another use for a leaf blower - but to be done when your wife is gone for half a day. Blow out the dust bunnies that collect under the refrigerator. If she is there when you do it she will emotionally hemorrhage and your hemorrhaging will be elsewhere.
Geez! You are a gluten for creating emotional distress!:D
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(anyway that's my story). I tried using the dustpan but I think the length of my arms may be shrinking. At one time I could bend down and put my hands flat on the floor. Now when I bend down my fingertips are about 6 in short of touching the floor. I was about to throw the dustpan in the dust bin when the light bulb lit. Why not repair the handle but extend it 7 in higher to compensate for my shrinking arms?
