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Shop Floor Vacuuming
Over the years I've found that I end up vacuuming my shop floor rather than sweeping, seems like sweeping just stirs up too much dust.
Anyone ever seen a hard floor nozzle for a shop vac about 24" wide? For my old shop a typical 10" or so nozzle was fine, but the new shop would take forever at that size. Usually I'm just picking up a heavy dust coating. Been playing with the idea of making my own with PVC pipe and a 3D printed adapter. |
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I have a central vacuum port in the garage, so I use that port with a long hose. I think the hose is 1 1/4 inches in diameter, and I use a 10 or 12 inch wide floor tool to get the job done. |
I dont know let me ask my wife...
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Shop vac makes 2, one with a brush, one with rollers. I have both. Both work well.
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I need the same type of vacuum for my shop. 24" would be perfect, lots of obstacles over 10,000 sq. ft.
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The widest one I could find on the ShopVac site was 14", which is wider than most, but 18" would be better, and 24" would be great.
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Nothing at McMaster Carr? Come on Data, I thought you owned stock there. :D
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Just being a DA.
You could just get 3 or 4 ROOMBA'S with self unloading. Use the laser barricades to divide up the space. |
OG, Hey Thanks! I haven't looked there yet! :)
Redpiston .. you know, that would probably work. And it could find all the small hardware I drop and lose. Would be an interesting, but probably expensive experiment. I'm starting to think about slicing a piece of 2" pvc pipe in half long ways, drill a big hole in the middle and 3d print something to attach it to the hose. Maybe drill a bunch of 1/4" holes along a line on either side .. then slice it down the middle of holes so it doesn't "stick" to the floor. Assuming McMaster doesn't have anything :) |
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I just use our old demoted upright vacuum from the house. lol
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I sweep it every now and then. I usually power wash the floors at least twice a year, which really cleans things up well.
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I vacuumed my shop floor once. The dirt came back! You won't catch me doing that again! :D
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I solved my search for an affordable wide shop floor vacuum brush with my usual long way around.
I used the 14" wide shop vac squeegee, long broken, as the foundation for the project. I 3d printed some strips that would clip onto the attachment and have channels to accept some "strip brush" I found on McMaster. Glued the 3d printed clip-on "adapter strips" to the attachment, slide the strip brush into the channels, cut the ends to fit. Works like a charm, but I do wish it was a few inches wider, but perhaps too wide would make it awkward to use. https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...8&d=1739913728 https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...9&d=1739913736 https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...0&d=1739913742 https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1739913751 https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...2&d=1739913757 |
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You're good!
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Block them ends. I think.
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HIS, you know, I put some thought into that. But, so far it seems the flow through the brushes is quite low, so I think I need those ends open to pull the dust into the center to be sucked up by the hose.
I do need to at least tape them up as an experiment and see if it works better that way. |
I asked my wife what vacuuming is? I don't understand why she hit me........
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Took the left over "strip brush" and made a little detailing brush.
https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...8&d=1739985754 |
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