Sawed-Off Vac Blasts Trash

Sawed-Off Vac Blasts Trash MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 32-3-36 A few minutes with a bandsaw can turn any old upright vacuum cleaner into a trash blaster, says James McGowan. "I was sweeping out the barn, and there's always lots of stuff the broom just doesn't get," he says. "I thought that if I had a blower, I could really clean up." McGowan had an old upright vacuum with a worn out sweeper head. He figured the vacuum blower motor might do the trick. All he had to do was get rid of the parts he didn't need. A quick cut with a band saw and he had the handle tip with its switch and the original long electric cord. A little more work and he had the head taken apart and had freed up the blower motor that was already attached to the pipe that formed the upright handle. Another quick cut with the bandsaw, and about a 12-in. section of pipe remained in place at the end of the blower. "I screwed the switch section to the motor for a handle, reconnected the wires and fired it up," explains McGowan. "It's handy for cleaning out the shop or blowing leaves away from the door of the garage or the side of the barn. It works great anyplace I can reach from an electric outlet." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James McGowan, 161 Isaac Rd., Russell Springs, Ky. 42642 (ph 270 866-6564).

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