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Thread Number: 41061
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
My Hoover is fixed by the wonders of 3D printing |
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| Post# 435846 12/4/2020 at 12:10 (1,237 days old) by Zenith12 (Canfield Ohio ) | ||
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I was e mailed by a vacuum lander that he had 3D printed 2 Hoover 450 impellers for me to test in my 1933 Hoover 450 it now has good suction now. | ||
| Post# 435848 , Reply# 1 12/4/2020 at 12:40 (1,237 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 435849 , Reply# 2 12/4/2020 at 13:00 (1,237 days old) by thomas_squared (Pomona, California) | ||
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That is awesome. What material did you use? Did you balance the part or just use it as is? | ||
Post# 435852 , Reply# 4 12/4/2020 at 13:36 (1,237 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Mark, | ||
| Post# 435853 , Reply# 5 12/4/2020 at 13:39 (1,237 days old) by Zenith12 (Canfield Ohio ) | ||
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I thank you very much I have just used it for the first time and it works great | ||
| Post# 435863 , Reply# 6 12/4/2020 at 20:42 (1,236 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
question | ||
| Post# 435875 , Reply# 8 12/5/2020 at 02:06 (1,236 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 435876 , Reply# 9 12/5/2020 at 02:06 (1,236 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
If you can at least make the parts strong enough to take a reasonable amount of beating, save the templates and setups, you can just keep making them as they break as a workaround to the limited durability.
That's always been the one caveat for DIY 3D printing, is getting the right plastic formula to where the parts hold together and don't bust apart. For less high strain parts like trim pieces, wire connectors, and other such and such this is a great solution. How does it sound though with a plastic fan? I know with Kirbys it is a major kill on the sound of the vacuum when a metal fan is swapped with plastic. | ||
| Post# 435945 , Reply# 11 12/5/2020 at 21:38 (1,235 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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Buy a Dubro balancer. It's for model airplane propellers. Mount the blade on it per instructions, and slowly rotate it around, stopping every couple degrees. Whenever it tries to turn itself backwards to a certain position, the bottom of it where it stops is heavy. Mark the heavy side and repeat to confirm. Shave some material off of the heavy side with a box knife or file. Repeat until it no longer attempts to rotate back to a certain position.
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