chrisrosenb
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I used a Workshop Cleaning Kit
What am I missing?
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DavidCBaker
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Mine is larger, too, Chris, but there are four plastic shims molded into the plastic that appear to be missing on yours. I can take a picture if that would be helpful.
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Chris, click here and you'll see the three (of four) tabs I was talking about:
Click here for a crappy photo!
Click here for a crappy photo!
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Yep, David is correct. You are not missing anything, but rather you may have a misprint. As David says, there are four molded-iin wedges -- at 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00 -- that fit snuggly around the tube, and fill the void at those locations. Curious design in this one aspect of the floor sweep.
My floor nozzle is a couple years old and has "Made by Wessel-Werk" molded into the bottom (underside) of the nozzle. These are vey nice floor nozzles. But, if yours doesn't have the molded-in wedges, it probably will not fit onto the tube as nice as it should. Time to call your dealer.
My floor nozzle is a couple years old and has "Made by Wessel-Werk" molded into the bottom (underside) of the nozzle. These are vey nice floor nozzles. But, if yours doesn't have the molded-in wedges, it probably will not fit onto the tube as nice as it should. Time to call your dealer.
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My Festool floor tool is a combination working on smooth floor or carpet. It is only marked Festool in green. It has the four molded wedges described which hold the metal tubes very well. I bought this floor tool in February this year. Before that I used a Miele I have owned several years. Both work fine with the 27mm anti-static hose and my CT22.
Back in January 2006 when I bought my first CT22 I was delighted it was so quiet I could clean my condo long after my expensive Miele vacuum would have disturbed my neighbors.
Back in January 2006 when I bought my first CT22 I was delighted it was so quiet I could clean my condo long after my expensive Miele vacuum would have disturbed my neighbors.
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I would have at least used electrical tape, or black duct tape. [big grin]
Nice work around. [cool]
Nice work around. [cool]
ccarrolladams said:
That's surprising. While the CT22 is quiet, our Miele is very very quiet, even with the power head on. You can have an easy conversation while your using it. It defies conventional logic about how quiet a vacuum can actually be.
You might be able to fashion something more functional and esthetically appealing. Maybe try some masking tape tape wrapped a few times to build up for thickness around the stem part that would fit into the heads sleeve. Add overtop double sided tape, over which you could apply a cut to fit rubber from an old bicycle inner tube. Via trial and error, I bet you could get the fit needed to remain inserted when wanted to use for vacuuming, and still be able to remove when needed as well.
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You're a smart fellow! Good work.
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joraft said:
I might just cut my tabs off and do this. ;D
I wouldn't call the existing design hokey. There are a couple possibilities here. One, these may be formed by removable inserts in the mold, making it possible to use the same tooling for two different specifications/customers. Or two, the thought process is that the tabs make it easier to insert, or remove, the tube while still giving the unit the stability it needs. I have this set and I don't see any problem with the tabs. I do think Chris' solution is elegant though.
greg mann said:
Okay, Greg, I'll replace "hokey" with "questionable". [big grin]
But, there's no doubt in my mind that the insert Chris made will give better over all support to the tube, will grip it better, and will probably last longer. Perhaps, as you said, it was done that way to reduce production costs, which to my mind is not a good excuse for a company like Festool.
As for making it easier to insert and remove the tube, I never mind them being tight. There are few things more annoying than to have the attachments continuously falling off while in the middle of vacuuming.
I seriously doubt that. It may however be a way to make sure tubes are securely gripped even when the diameters differ slightly - like between batches or even between manufacturers.
As it's not very likely that Chris's tube is going to vary in diameter, the drain pipe insert is a nice solution.
Too bad drain pipes don't usually come in lime green....
Regards,
Job
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