[pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo

[paul bruesch]

Guffaw.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:27 PM, pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Paul brush said: *Because I don't want to.*
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> Nice comeback! (for a 2 year old, haha!) [image: Laugh]
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> Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson
> "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!"
> www.unigeezer.com <http://unigeezer.com/>
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> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:23:40 -0500
> From: paul at bruesch.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo
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>
> Because I don't want to.
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM, pianolover 88 <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>  Why not just use the shoulder strap? Seems it would be the ideal way to
> use this vac rather than constantly having to move it while cleaning grands.
>
>
> Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson
> "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!"
> www.unigeezer.com <http://unigeezer.com/>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:49:14 -0500
> From: paul at bruesch.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Metro Vac 'n Blo
>
>
> 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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