bluntchisel
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Hi, guys,
Been meaning to post this for a while but kept forgetting... It may help you to avoid my humiliation...
A coupla weeks back I turned two of those Polygem blanks. Having been warned about the fine dust these create on the lathe, I taped the nozzle of my vacuum cleaner to the bed, and kept it on all the time I was turning/sanding. Still ended up with a film of dust all over the workshop, though! A day later I noticed that the hoover was performing under par - barely sucking anything up, and with the pipe clogging. Naturally I checked the removable cloth dustbag and, despite being only half-full, emptied it out. I refitted the bag but still no suck. Oh well, methinks, more expense coming up! Last week I had an earth-shattering thought equal to that experienced by Isaac Newton upon discovering the Laws of Gravity. I kid you not! A domestic hoover picks up dirt by a suction of air being drawn into the machine by a motor. The air passes through the dustbag, which acts as a filter, and then goes to atmosphere via the exhaust port at the other end. What if there's no through-flow of air? Bugger me! I thinks, removing the dustbag again. I sank the bag into a bucket of water, then lifted it out. Despite the bag being made of cloth and filled with water not a drop of it seeped through. Closer inspection revealed that the weave of the bag was completely clogged by the dust from the Polygem. Yeah, obviously it was partially clogged by the the other tiny debris from the floor but it seems as if the fine dust hammered the final nail in the coffin, so to speak. I gave the bag an overnight soak in warm soapy water, and after much mashing and masticating, dried it out. Bingo! The hoover now has more suck than a Sainsbury's lollypop! I triumphantly mentioned my success to the wife - who looked at me with complete disgust as if I should have known this from the beginning. So deeply ashamed was I that I exiled myself to the workshop for the rest of the day, marveling at my rejuvenated hoover. I'm only a man but...
Bob.
Been meaning to post this for a while but kept forgetting... It may help you to avoid my humiliation...
A coupla weeks back I turned two of those Polygem blanks. Having been warned about the fine dust these create on the lathe, I taped the nozzle of my vacuum cleaner to the bed, and kept it on all the time I was turning/sanding. Still ended up with a film of dust all over the workshop, though! A day later I noticed that the hoover was performing under par - barely sucking anything up, and with the pipe clogging. Naturally I checked the removable cloth dustbag and, despite being only half-full, emptied it out. I refitted the bag but still no suck. Oh well, methinks, more expense coming up! Last week I had an earth-shattering thought equal to that experienced by Isaac Newton upon discovering the Laws of Gravity. I kid you not! A domestic hoover picks up dirt by a suction of air being drawn into the machine by a motor. The air passes through the dustbag, which acts as a filter, and then goes to atmosphere via the exhaust port at the other end. What if there's no through-flow of air? Bugger me! I thinks, removing the dustbag again. I sank the bag into a bucket of water, then lifted it out. Despite the bag being made of cloth and filled with water not a drop of it seeped through. Closer inspection revealed that the weave of the bag was completely clogged by the dust from the Polygem. Yeah, obviously it was partially clogged by the the other tiny debris from the floor but it seems as if the fine dust hammered the final nail in the coffin, so to speak. I gave the bag an overnight soak in warm soapy water, and after much mashing and masticating, dried it out. Bingo! The hoover now has more suck than a Sainsbury's lollypop! I triumphantly mentioned my success to the wife - who looked at me with complete disgust as if I should have known this from the beginning. So deeply ashamed was I that I exiled myself to the workshop for the rest of the day, marveling at my rejuvenated hoover. I'm only a man but...
Bob.
that should gain some extra points.....
