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Vacuum cart
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Vacuum cartSubmitted for your delectation is my version of the ubiquitous vacuum cart. Last year on Black Friday I bought a Clear Vue cyclone on sale. Dragging it around the shop with my vacuum for all of 10 minutes was enough to drive me to making the cart. As with most things I design, I built the main concept first, and after a bit of use I engineered out some of the bigger annoyances and added some features I determined were useful. You can see it in the pictures in its 'naked' state when I finished it back in February, and again in its blue livery after it warmed up sufficiently to spray the paint outdoors.A couple features I added after v1.0 are the handle in the front so I can pull the cart if I am in front of it (I got tired of waking around to the back to push it). In order to facilitate the handle I had to stiffen it by tying it to the main vacuum platform with those 45 degree angle pieces, and I added a piece that prevents the hinged portion from lifting up when I pull on the handle. When I need to empty the bucket, I can just slide the piece out and lift up the hinged part. I also added a small aluminum piece onto which I can hook the end of the hose so it's all nice and neat. The hook on the hose was made by bending a piece of solid copper wire around the hose, forming the ends into a J-shape, and soldering the ends together.I suppose some day I will get around to making a shelf and hangers for hoses under the vacuum, but for now it is plenty functional as is, and I will be moving on to other projects.I'm really happy having a cyclone on the vacuum. As many of you that have cyclones can attest to, it really keeps you from having to blow dust out of your vacuum filter every other day. I'm amazed at the fineness of the dust it captures in the bucket.The cart was made from a piece of 1/2 plywood that came as part of a pallet, and some white oak I had lying around. So I have nothing into it cost-wise except the 4 casters and blue paint. The plywood was quite warped, so I had to make a bunch of…scaffolding underneath the main platform to straighten it out. But it all came around to my will in the end.



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