To keep the hose on my shop vacuum out from underfoot between uses and make it easy to scoot the vacuum around the shop, I added a small wood cleat to the handle on the vacuum. To stow the hose, I wrap it once around the top of the vacuum and slip the open end on the cleat. Problem solved.
—Bob Peterson, Beaverton, Ore.
—Drawings by Dan Thornton
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Problem solved, indeed. This afternoon's mini-project, thanks.
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