Recent content by madman

As long as it's not irreversible. Or like it's been mentioned, if the machine was in such a poor shape to begin with that an irreversible modification is the only way to preserve it, then yeah. Or if it's some kind of machine that there's already a million of them out there still. Granted that...

The grease may burn a bit, I doubt you would smell it. A noticeable spark means the switch probably has a problem. Make sure it's fully engaged to one position or the other. If it's an old switch, it's possible it has arced many times and burnt the PCB material the bottom of the switch is made...

Half the crowd here already collects plastic bagless vacs of, shall we say, "questionable collectablity." Why should Shark be any different? Yeah, I really don't get all the hate they get. To be fair, I just like them as usable appliances, not collector items.

Probably ordinary ball bearings. They can be replaced. Check the commutator to make sure it's not burned up or badly scored, that would be a deal breaker.

Just put it on craigslist and offerup for free.

I have noticed that some crap vacs don't have HEPA filters. On a $50 machine, I guess it makes sense. But otherwise, no. As far as I've seen, Sharks all have HEPA, or at least a filter of that type. Not sure about stick vacs though.

Well, I suppose if you could find graded blasting media in progressively finer grit, it would work. Very dusty, though.

luxlife - That's everything nowadays, isn't it? I mean, aside from Kirby that hangs on to a product model for 20+ years... Bissel, Hoover, Dyson, etc. all pretty much do the same thing. Look how shiny this new model is! New bells and whistles! It's like cell phones. They change the shape and...

I have two Sharks, and like them quite a bit. Down to ergonomics, I would say. Just good design and ease of use. Not that I'm saying all Sharks are like this, I detest the Rotator. Big chunky thing, for no reason. And I know little of newer stick-vac type models. Granted, I didn't pay a dime...

There being two speed switches, that would make this a 4 speed then, wouldn't it?

Give one to a machinist and pay him money.

Taxation is theft. Maybe consider voting for people who won't do this kind of thing?

Something better than a pick would probably be an Allen wrench or a drill bit, I'd imagine, anyway. Since they are much harder steel, and won't bend like a pick.

Thingiverse is still kind of broken. I had to manually enter the url https://accounts.makerbot.com/logout and attempt to login again, and repeat that twice before it finally logged me in. Anyway, here's the link. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5403791

Yes, I will upload it to thingiverse... whenever their website stops being broken. Can't log in for some reason.