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John Aiton
 
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I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John

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Greybeard
 
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Darwin award candidate-just minus the sudden demise usually reserved for the
candidate. This is no different then sweeping it under the carpet-with the
exception of "appreciative" neighbors.


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Greybeard
 
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Darwin award candidate-just minus the sudden demise usually reserved for the
candidate. This is no different then sweeping it under the carpet-with the
exception of "appreciative" neighbors.


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Dan
 
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On Sun 12 Oct 2003 09:47:36p, Mark & Juanita wrote
in s.com:

Depends. In my case, the nearest neighbors in that direction would be
a good 500 yards away and across the desert -- stuff would settle out
before bothering them.


Ah. I'm glad you pointed that out before I tried it. :-)

"In hindsight, Officer, I guess it *would* have been prudent to check and
see if my neighbor had two loads of laundry drying on the line. Seeing as
how I already knew she owned a gun, anyway."

Dan


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Bob Davis
 
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I was thinking about this approach lately. I usually grab the blow gun tip
on my air compressor to thoroughly clean up my table saw. Then I shoot it
at the floor to whisk it clean. A leaf blower seems more civil for sweeping
the floor. On the other hand, there are two drawbacks to either technique -
you create a dusty mess to breathe (dust mask advised) and it ruins the
freshly washed and shined Lexus sitting on the other side of the garage.

:-)


"John Aiton" wrote in message
...
I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John



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CW
 
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I use the leaf blower technique on a regular basis, as did my father.


"Bob Davis" wrote in message
ink.net...
I was thinking about this approach lately. I usually grab the blow gun

tip
on my air compressor to thoroughly clean up my table saw. Then I shoot it
at the floor to whisk it clean. A leaf blower seems more civil for

sweeping
the floor. On the other hand, there are two drawbacks to either

technique -
you create a dusty mess to breathe (dust mask advised) and it ruins the
freshly washed and shined Lexus sitting on the other side of the garage.

:-)


"John Aiton" wrote in message
...
I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John





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Rick Cox
 
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my neighbor hired a concete cutting company to remove his front porch.
after cutting the porch, my house, grill, cars, tables, were covered in
concrete dust...
got to love neighbors....contractors.
"Bob Davis" wrote in message
ink.net...
I was thinking about this approach lately. I usually grab the blow gun

tip
on my air compressor to thoroughly clean up my table saw. Then I shoot it
at the floor to whisk it clean. A leaf blower seems more civil for

sweeping
the floor. On the other hand, there are two drawbacks to either

technique -
you create a dusty mess to breathe (dust mask advised) and it ruins the
freshly washed and shined Lexus sitting on the other side of the garage.

:-)


"John Aiton" wrote in message
...
I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John





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andy
 
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John,

Welcome to the dark side...

We've been cleaning the garage/shop like that for years! The neighbors know
to close the windows in their houses when the see we've opened all three
doors and the whine noise starts.

Andy

"John Aiton" wrote in message
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I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John



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andy
 
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I might add, the neighbors tolerate us to a much greater extent than most
because we have done projects for or loaned tools to almost every one on the
cul-de-sac.

Andy

"John Aiton" wrote in message
...
I finally completed a bedroom set project this afternoon and decided it
was time to clean the shop. High time, at that.

So I went about it with the shop vac, alternately sucking and blowing,
with only marginal results, when the dawn came. The trusty electric
leaf blower. I opened the shop doors and fired it up.

It was like taking a ride in a dust devil. A veritable maelstrom of
dust swirled throughout the building. Fasteners flew from the bench and
splattered against the wall. Dead flies blew through the service door
like a charge of buckshot. Small tools and offcuts clattered across the
floor. The dust simply billowed out the overhead door and it must have
looked like a small cattle drive.
The process took about fifteen minutes.

I turned on a large fan to vent the settling dust through the service
door, and walked over to the house for a short break. When I returned,
the air had cleared, and the shop was clean as a whistle. Even the
walls gleamed. The technique works.

But don't try it in your basement.....!

John





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Nut Tree
 
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I have one slight modification to your plan. I wait until a very rainy day,
which in the North West is quite often and then as I blow the dust out it is
carried to the ground by the rain. No complaints from the neighbors and I
live and have my shop in a Townhouse complex.


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andy wrote:

I might add, the neighbors tolerate us to a much greater extent than most
because we have done projects for or loaned tools to almost every one on
the cul-de-sac.


My neighbors tolerate me very well. If the ones on the one side **** me
off, I don't let them play with their grandkids. On the other side, I
know who he's been schtupping for the last 20 years, and it isn't his
wife.... 'Nuff said.

I get to be as obnoxious as I want.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
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