[pianotech] Dust control

[John Formsma]

Well, isn't that one of the niftiest things! Good tip.

What I've done is shape hammers while a fan blows the fibers away from me
and out of the shop. But I definitely like the vacuum idea better.

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JF

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net>
> *To:* tom <tomtuner at verizon.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:44 AM
>
>
>  List,
>   I'm one of those people who can get a terrible case bronchitis  from dust
> inhalation and although I've been better about wearing a mask I found this
> trick very effective whilst reshaping hammers.
> I had tried to rig up a holder of some sort to hold the shop vac wand
> without much success. The dust and felt are sucked right down and into the
> vac.
> My right hand was holding the camera as the film crew is on hiatis.
>
> Tom D.
>
> P.S. Look at the noise ratings on the shop type vacs. Some of these
> screamers can be quite unpleasant.
>
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