texaskirbyguy
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So the Hall Grindovac thread in the classified section jarred my mind into thinking about some more obscure vacuum cleaners from long ago. Things not labeled as 'vacuums' but having a main vacuum function built into them.
Below is the first thing I had thought of:
Little Giant electric chalkboard eraser cleaner
I have fond memories of this machine from my elementary school days. I remember watching the custodian running this machine on a nearly daily basis, always waiting for the occasional eraser that gets launched out of his hands.
I even used that machine on occasions when students were allowed to do so.
For those unfamiliar with them, you slide the erasers back and forth along the tray, the spinning black brush would dislodge the chalk dust, and the 2.5A vacuum would blow the dust into the bag.
I realized the bag must have not had fine pores, as the closet the machine was in was full of chalk dust of all colors.
I wouldn't mind getting one some day to put next to my Newcomb classrom record player, something else I have great memories of. I would then need to add a chalkboard and eraser, too so I could actually use it....
I guess I am just a nostalgic and sentimental old fool!
)
On a side note, why did markers replace chalk? After being in corporate environments for decades, dry erase markers were usually dried out when you needed them (lots of landfill material). If a piece of chalk was on the tray, it ALWAYS worked, and could be used until you could no longer hold it! Also if whiteboards are not erased promptly, they would not even erase all the way..
More progress backwards?
If you know of other obscure vacuums of long ago, feel free to post about them!
Below is the first thing I had thought of:
Little Giant electric chalkboard eraser cleaner
I have fond memories of this machine from my elementary school days. I remember watching the custodian running this machine on a nearly daily basis, always waiting for the occasional eraser that gets launched out of his hands.
I even used that machine on occasions when students were allowed to do so.
For those unfamiliar with them, you slide the erasers back and forth along the tray, the spinning black brush would dislodge the chalk dust, and the 2.5A vacuum would blow the dust into the bag.
I realized the bag must have not had fine pores, as the closet the machine was in was full of chalk dust of all colors.
I wouldn't mind getting one some day to put next to my Newcomb classrom record player, something else I have great memories of. I would then need to add a chalkboard and eraser, too so I could actually use it....
I guess I am just a nostalgic and sentimental old fool!
)On a side note, why did markers replace chalk? After being in corporate environments for decades, dry erase markers were usually dried out when you needed them (lots of landfill material). If a piece of chalk was on the tray, it ALWAYS worked, and could be used until you could no longer hold it! Also if whiteboards are not erased promptly, they would not even erase all the way..
More progress backwards?
If you know of other obscure vacuums of long ago, feel free to post about them!
