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Garden Vac Question
Are garden vacs any use for sucking up small pieces of broken galss
and other sharp objects - like screwnails etc? We often have a problem with glass & sharp debris near my garage and I was wondering if a petrol garden vac might be the solution. Fed up sweeping... TIA for any assistance. |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:52:58 GMT, Jim Donald
wrote: ~Are garden vacs any use for sucking up small pieces of broken galss ~and other sharp objects - like screwnails etc? ~ ~We often have a problem with glass & sharp debris near my garage and I ~was wondering if a petrol garden vac might be the solution. Fed up ~sweeping... ~ ~TIA for any assistance. I'd say definitely not. If there is a built-in shredder blade, you'll end up with glass splinters all over the inside of a cloth bag and this would be very dangerous. If the screws haven't shorted it out or jammed it up first. Even if there isn't a shredder blade the pieces may well go at high speed through the bag (plastic/cloth usually) and into you. Anything that accelerates sharp things to high speeds is to be avoided! (I've only got a mains-powered one for leaves, but it still has the habit of blowing the bag off occasionally, which in your case would shoot glass at your feet or side - definitely *not* to be recommended) -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove nospam from replies, thanks! |
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-- "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from (jane) contains these words: On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:52:58 GMT, Jim Donald wrote: ~Are garden vacs any use for sucking up small pieces of broken galss ~and other sharp objects - like screwnails etc? Dunno, why not just use an ordinary "nozzle" domestic vacuum cleaner with a disposable bag? Janet Mine picks up heavy items, such as glass, pebbles etc but they do not travel into the bag, so when you lift it free of the ground to reduce vacuum, or reduce speed they all fall out! No use for your job methinks. for gardening it is only satisfactory for small quantities of leafy material, large quantities need to be blow. Cheers John T Remove the wet from towill to reply by email |
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from "John Towill" contains these words: -- "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from (jane) contains these words: On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:52:58 GMT, Jim Donald wrote: ~Are garden vacs any use for sucking up small pieces of broken galss ~and other sharp objects - like screwnails etc? Dunno, why not just use an ordinary "nozzle" domestic vacuum cleaner with a disposable bag? Janet Mine picks up heavy items, such as glass, pebbles etc but they do not travel into the bag, so when you lift it free of the ground to reduce vacuum, or reduce speed they all fall out! No use for your job methinks. Mine's a Vax (orange tub shape) and it eats anything..nails, glass, socks, biros... Janet. |
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