Today in my shop (dust in my eyes)
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:10 pm
Many many years ago I got this shop vacuum at a garage sale. I think the reason the person parted with it was how it is designed. Here is a picture for you to look at:
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As you do things in the shop wood chips and sawdust fly around. Some of it makes its way into the exhaust port if the vacuum is not running. Then when you step over and bend over to turn it on.... that is where the "dust in my eyes" title comes from.
I had forgotten about that "feature" as I had found a solution many many years ago. Well today was working with hand tools day in my shop so the vacuum had not been hooked up to any tools nor I was using it... it was just sitting there... as normal except for one very important part. Here is a picture of that part:
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The moral of the story is it pays to be bright eyed and bushy tailed when wood working or at least pay attention to what you are doing.
In case you haven't figured it out it goes like this:
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Ed
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As you do things in the shop wood chips and sawdust fly around. Some of it makes its way into the exhaust port if the vacuum is not running. Then when you step over and bend over to turn it on.... that is where the "dust in my eyes" title comes from.
I had forgotten about that "feature" as I had found a solution many many years ago. Well today was working with hand tools day in my shop so the vacuum had not been hooked up to any tools nor I was using it... it was just sitting there... as normal except for one very important part. Here is a picture of that part:
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The moral of the story is it pays to be bright eyed and bushy tailed when wood working or at least pay attention to what you are doing.
In case you haven't figured it out it goes like this:
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Ed
