[AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty (burning)

[charlie hill]

George,

An elderly lady, who has since died, was telling me one day about her 
vacuum cleaner catching on fire.   I said "YOUR VACUUM CLEANER CAUGHT 
FIRE....how did that happen Ms. Daisy?"
She proceeded to tell me.

Seems that she was cleaning the soot out of her pot type kerosene heater 
with one of those old Electrolux vacuums that pulls the dirty air right 
through the motor housing.  She told me she had done it many times before 
with no problem.

I said "Ms Daisy you were trying to build a jet engine!"   She didn't 
understand what I meant and I didn't try to explain.  LOL

No she didn't burn herself up but died of natural causes.  She was a nice 
lady that worked in the school lunch room when I was a "little fellow" as 
she would have said.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty (burning)


> Warren,
>
> Thank you... it was an oversight on my part.  I'm imagining how exciting 
> it would be to suck sparks or flames inside the V.C.  A leaf blower would 
> work but from my experience you could use only a very small part of the 
> output.
>
> The main thing is to get enough oxygen down to the burning site where 
> nature wouldn't ordinarily provide any.  It would be a difference much 
> like a blacksmith forge with/without a draft, only more so.
>
> George Willer
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Warren F. Smith" <WarrenSmith at palmettobuilders.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:17 AM
> Subject: RE: [AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty (burning)
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>
>> I'd just like to interject that I think George means hook to the OUTLET 
>> of
>> the vacuum, not the inlet! I don't think he's stated either way.
>>
>> A leaf blower can be used the same way
>>
>> Warren
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