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Super Cheap Vac Attachment Helps Find Small Dropped Parts

posted by martyb on Sunday June 14 2015, @04:15AM   
from the "sometimes-the-simple-hacks-are-the-best"-OR-"this-clearly-sucks" dept.

"gewg_" writes:

Hackaday reports

Digging though a carpet or dirty shop floor [for a dropped part] usually results in frustration.

[...]The idea here is to suck up and contain the part without having it making [its] way into the vacuum. To do this there would have to be an intermediate chamber. For this, [Frank] used a multi-pack CD container. This was a great choice because it is clear, allowing him to see what enters the container, and it unscrews quickly making it easy to retrieve the tiny part.

The inlet and outlet connectors are made from PVC and are attached to the CD container's base with adhesive. To keep the debris from getting past the CD container, an old kitchen strainer was cut up and the screen material was used to only let air pass.

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• Re:other uses for shop vacs Re:other uses for shop vacs (Score: 2) by randmcnatt on Sunday June 14 2015, @01:30PM

  by randmcnatt (671) on Sunday June 14 2015, @01:30PM (#196118)

  One night my daughter screamed and came running out of the bathroom. I looked in and saw a moth "tornado". There were 1000s of miller moths swirling around. We have no idea where they came from. I went in with a spray bottle of water and my shop vac; it took at least a half hour to clear the room, then I sucked up a few extra quarts of water to insure they wouldn't fly away when I emptied the can into the dumpster. Yuck -- moth soup.

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• Re:other uses for shop vacs (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2015, @04:35PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2015, @04:35PM (#196163)

  Mix the water in the spray bottle with dish soap. It makes for a good insecticide.

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