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

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Thorsten" <cthorsten@earthlink.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] horse trading & some really dumb
questions...


>
> ----- 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
>
>
  There are queter vacuums than Shop Vacs although they are
more expensive. You can get hose adaptors for coupling
different sizes at Home Depot for a couple of dollars.