jmarkwolf
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You've probably heard of "pimp my ride"? An acquaintance of mine once told me that he and his teenage son were "pimping" juniors moped. Well I'm going to pimp my shop vac.
I have a nice Ridgid NXT shop vac (pic below) But it's a nuisance to keep the footprint minimal when I drag it around my shop. The power cord is always tangling, as is the hose and attachments when using the supplied stowing features. This shop vac fittings have nice features on the hose fittings that positively engage so that you can drag the shop vac around by the hose without the prospect of the hose becoming detached. But the time it takes to minimize all the possible snags while doing so is a nuisance.
The shop vac has numerous features for stowing the hose and attachments but they're always in the wrong place or orientation and allow the hose to hang outside a minimal footprint which tends to sweep nearby items off the bench or knock things over. The hose needs to loop vertically when stowed in a vertical orientation to keep from snagging nearby things when dragging the shop vac around. And winding and unwinding the power cord on every use is a GPITA (giant pain in the a$$).
My solution: pimp my shop vac.
I am going to endeavor to make it fast and easy to stow all the hoses, attachments and power cord in an instant. I'm going to find a retractable power cord reel unit to obviate the need to wrap the cord around the hooks each and every use, and employ some sort of "holster" that will accommodate the hose and most often used attachments in a manner that wont "distract me from my mission" when dragging the shop vac around my shop.
I'll have to modify the shop vac power cord, and exchange the ends on the retractable power cord, but that's a small price to pay for the added convenience.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Stay tuned campers.
I have a nice Ridgid NXT shop vac (pic below) But it's a nuisance to keep the footprint minimal when I drag it around my shop. The power cord is always tangling, as is the hose and attachments when using the supplied stowing features. This shop vac fittings have nice features on the hose fittings that positively engage so that you can drag the shop vac around by the hose without the prospect of the hose becoming detached. But the time it takes to minimize all the possible snags while doing so is a nuisance.
The shop vac has numerous features for stowing the hose and attachments but they're always in the wrong place or orientation and allow the hose to hang outside a minimal footprint which tends to sweep nearby items off the bench or knock things over. The hose needs to loop vertically when stowed in a vertical orientation to keep from snagging nearby things when dragging the shop vac around. And winding and unwinding the power cord on every use is a GPITA (giant pain in the a$$).
My solution: pimp my shop vac.
I am going to endeavor to make it fast and easy to stow all the hoses, attachments and power cord in an instant. I'm going to find a retractable power cord reel unit to obviate the need to wrap the cord around the hooks each and every use, and employ some sort of "holster" that will accommodate the hose and most often used attachments in a manner that wont "distract me from my mission" when dragging the shop vac around my shop.
I'll have to modify the shop vac power cord, and exchange the ends on the retractable power cord, but that's a small price to pay for the added convenience.
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Stay tuned campers.
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