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Kleftiwallah
Joined: 27 Oct 2016 Posts: 222 Location: North Wiltshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:04 pm Post subject: Clearing swarf from a blind hole. |
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In the olden days before I retired there was always a compressor just waiting to clear the swarf from a blind hole. Anyone out there got a suggestion how to store compressed air (from your local supermarket filling station) and what recepticle in which to store it to carry out this occasional task ?
Cheers, Tony. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4756 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I'm guessing, somehow, that you have a computer.
Get a can of spray duster, it comes with one of those very thin straws like WD40 and you can get the end right down into the hole, plus it is useful for getting those bits of potato crisp and /or biscuit out from under your keyboard keys. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps relevant in a way...but, some time ago, I bought a vacuum cleaner off Screwfix..it is their basic one, and was on an offer when they opened a new store near me......fatal!
This thing isn't meant really for household use..the tools, such as they are, are pretty useless for that task..but.....it has a huge foam filter which is easy to clean.....plus, the ability to blow as well as suck.
Useful in the garden, for blowing leaves, or sucking them up...and for cleaning up in workshops..the filter will stop metal particles from entering the motor.
Will either suck swarf out of a blind hole [safer] or blow it out [watch the eyes?]...
Not bad for around 30 quid or so? Useful to have around!! |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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I would have thought by the time you have purchased an air tank and pipe you are on the way to the cost of a compressor. As for swarf, I like the vacuum approach. |
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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A big foot pump and a small jet like the type for doing footballs? |
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billysugga
Joined: 01 Jan 2017 Posts: 55 Location: Carlisle
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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What about a screwdriver with a blob of grease on the end. Or fairy(or other cleansing product) bottle with small nozzle squeeze hard. _________________ Volvo Sugga ,Volvo Trygge
I just wish one was working! |
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petelang
Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 443 Location: Nottingham
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Surely you already have a storage vessel: your spare tyre?
Just fill it up a bit more than usual at the (free?) air supply at the supermarket, then all you need is an old foot pump hose.
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Kleftiwallah
Joined: 27 Oct 2016 Posts: 222 Location: North Wiltshire
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks for all those informative and thoughtful ideas. I like the spare tyre approach. Cheers, Tony. |
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MikeG
Joined: 16 Sep 2013 Posts: 56 Location: Cheshire/Staffordshire Border
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Years ago I saw a great idea.A maintenance Fitter was drilling into a concrete floor to fit Rawl Bolts,to remove the waste from the hole he used a tube with a rubber bulb on the end to blow into the hole.It was similar to a hydrometer only slightly bigger.It worked really well.
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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A bicycle pump works well. _________________ old tourer
Morris 8 two seater |
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