[LargeFormat] horse trading & some really dumb questions...

[Charles Thorsten]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@multiboard.com>

> Anyhow, I was looking at the easel, and i got this really weird thought -
> the hole to the attachment  for the vacumn looks exactly the same size as
> for a ShopVac.  Seriously.  Has anyone tried hooking up a shop vac to
their
> vacmun easel?   I mean, a proper vacum pump & attachments is a few hundred
> bucks, a brand new shop vac (quiet running model) is about 60 bucks.

Shop Vacs work great on vacuum easels.  I have one powering my
homemade 30x40 easel with a standard size hose.  Be sure it makes
a good, airtight connection and you're ready to go.  I just wish mine
had a footswitch...

-Charlie