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30th Jan 2006, 2:18 am | #1 |
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A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
My hoover wasn't sooking as good as it should (the pipe was blocked).
However! surely most of the old timers on this forum have experienced this. suspect most have used the vacuum cleaner to get rid of dust and cobwebs in vintage equipment that falls in their lap. Sucking dirt from a chassis with the long pointed hoover tool with the diagonal slimline end is effective but sometimes cannot reach the innaccessible nooks and cranny's that abide.. pick up a hoover at the car boot sale for tuppence, remove the dust bag and fit your own adapted hose in it's place then you can blow the the parts clean. |
30th Jan 2006, 8:55 am | #2 |
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Re: A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
Some old cyclinder vacuum cleaners had identical fittings on both ends so you could fit the hose on either the suck end or the blow end. My mum had a Goblin one like that for many years.
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30th Jan 2006, 3:04 pm | #3 |
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Re: A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
Nice idea but for one thing - your radio might either have been used in an atmosphere (factory, garage etc) which in the past contained nasty stuff like asbestos fibres, brake linings dust or something else damaging to health, or it might (DAC90...!!) contain asbestos as part of the structure. And if you do this indoors or in your workshop, you'll just spread it everywhere....
So get the tuppenny hoover from the boot fair but retain the dust bag, take the chassis/cabinet outside (using a paint brush gets muck out of the hard-to-reach places), and carry on sucking...!!! Steve |
30th Jan 2006, 4:53 pm | #4 |
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Re: A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
I sometimes use my vacuum cleaner in suck mode to get dust out of a radio but I help it by scrubbing the area being cleaned with with a paint brush at the same time. It is vital to cover the metal bristle clamp on the paint brush with tape or you can put nasty scratches on IF cans etc.
John. |
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Re: A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
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30th Jan 2006, 6:50 pm | #6 |
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Re: A Sucker Can Blow Just As Good.
I always use a vacuum cleaner & paintbrush and it works well, but not, as you say, for inaccessible nooks and crannies.
A compressed air line is great, if you can use it outside. I've got one at work, but you can get a cheapo compressor at B&Q etc. for £50 or so if you're lucky. I've often considered using two old vacs, one to blow and another to suck On the subject of vacuum cleaners, the vast majority that I find thrown out have minor faults, if any (blocked hoses, o/c switches, faulty mains cables etc.). A salvaged Henry makes an excellent second machine to keep in the workshop, and is suitably robust and compact. Nick. Nick. |