[pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo

[John Formsma]

Good idea, Paul. Thanks for posting it.

I'm still glad I bought mine.

-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS


On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

> I've been trying to convince a fellow piano tech, who will be replacing
> his burnt-out Mighty-Mite vacuum, of the virtues of the Metro Vac 'n Blo
> that several of us own. It all got me to thinking about some of the minor
> irritations I've had with mine. My primary gripe has been that it's round
> and it rolls over, sometimes making it annoying to find the on/off switch.
> I've also always been a bit nervous about it rolling into a grand leg and
> marring it.  I decided to see what I could throw together in my apartment
> with supplies I had on hand.
>
> I first sawed (in a miter box with a dull back saw) a piece of 1x8 pine to
> 13-1/2", and a couple pieces of 5/8" dowel to 10-1/2". Glued and stapled
> (air gun stapler) the dowels to a width just enough to lift the outermost
> diameter off the 1x8. Why? So I can change bags easily, or just remove the
> intake end if I need more force on the output ("Blo") end.
>
> Pilot drilled for some simple cup hooks, dribbled the holes with CA, and
> hooked my tarp bungee cords (10 or 12 for a couple $$ at your locally-owned
> Ace Hardware).
>
> Then I put some no-slip, self-adhesive protecto feet on the bottom and I'm
> done.
>
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
>
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