Okay, so once in a while I do some of the house work as kind of a gift to my better half. Karen has put up with me for the better part of 4 decades, so I'll break out the vacuum or dust rag and Windex and do some house cleaning as a way of saying I really do appreatiate her.
So I'm vacuuming away in the bedroom upstairs, and as I go a bit under the bed, the Hoover does a weird noise and then a high pitched buzzing like it's locked up. It sucked something up that was laying just under the bed. I shut down the vacuum and look and can't see anything. Whatever it grabbed is way up in there, out of sight. I take out the bag and no luck. I have to take the machine appart.
The top half of a Hoover upright is held on to the lower half by a large screw through the point where they slide together. I'm about to go downstairs for my handy home owner tool kit, when I think of my mantra; Maximum minimalism!
Okay, I dig into my pocket and take out the ultra slim alox bantam I put back in my pocket a few days ago. The combo tool fits in the combination flat and Phillips screw holding the Hoover upper half to the lower motor half. It's one of those weird Phillips that has a wider flat groove so a regular driver can fit. The combo tool unscrews the two halves, and then I can see part of a balled up sock wadded up in the passage. I can just barely get a hold of it with my fingers, but can't pull it out.
I wonder, the combo tool has worked so far. I reach in and use the end lower point on the combo tool like a cargo hook, and snare a part of the jammed sock up far enough that I can get a better grip and pull. Out comes a mangled up white sock that I recognize as one of Karen's. I get the vacuum back together with a bit of wiggling and the alox bantam gets the take down screw back in tight. Vacuum now works great. Little alox bantam worked well taking the Hoover apart and putting it back together again.
I love the combo tool!
The alox bantam and classic combo really does everything I need on a real world day to day basis. Of course right now I'm in my Dr. Jeckle mode, so the next full moon I'll probably revert back to Mr. Hyde and sneak the old war horse SI back in my pocket. I guess the eternal conflict between the yin and the yang never ends.
I really wish Victorinox would put the keyring back on the alox bantam!
Carl.
So I'm vacuuming away in the bedroom upstairs, and as I go a bit under the bed, the Hoover does a weird noise and then a high pitched buzzing like it's locked up. It sucked something up that was laying just under the bed. I shut down the vacuum and look and can't see anything. Whatever it grabbed is way up in there, out of sight. I take out the bag and no luck. I have to take the machine appart.
The top half of a Hoover upright is held on to the lower half by a large screw through the point where they slide together. I'm about to go downstairs for my handy home owner tool kit, when I think of my mantra; Maximum minimalism!
Okay, I dig into my pocket and take out the ultra slim alox bantam I put back in my pocket a few days ago. The combo tool fits in the combination flat and Phillips screw holding the Hoover upper half to the lower motor half. It's one of those weird Phillips that has a wider flat groove so a regular driver can fit. The combo tool unscrews the two halves, and then I can see part of a balled up sock wadded up in the passage. I can just barely get a hold of it with my fingers, but can't pull it out.
I wonder, the combo tool has worked so far. I reach in and use the end lower point on the combo tool like a cargo hook, and snare a part of the jammed sock up far enough that I can get a better grip and pull. Out comes a mangled up white sock that I recognize as one of Karen's. I get the vacuum back together with a bit of wiggling and the alox bantam gets the take down screw back in tight. Vacuum now works great. Little alox bantam worked well taking the Hoover apart and putting it back together again.
I love the combo tool!
The alox bantam and classic combo really does everything I need on a real world day to day basis. Of course right now I'm in my Dr. Jeckle mode, so the next full moon I'll probably revert back to Mr. Hyde and sneak the old war horse SI back in my pocket. I guess the eternal conflict between the yin and the yang never ends.
I really wish Victorinox would put the keyring back on the alox bantam!
Carl.
Quick question: If you wouldn't have had the alox Bantam on you, and if push came to shove, could you have done the job with your Classic SD?
rolleyes