Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 00:11:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rodrigues Theodora <remtod@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: modified commercial pumps (electric OR hand)
To: terrynew@magi.com

Hi Terry
An idea given to me by Zesto a twister from Bangalore.
I have started using the vaccum cleaner (blower side)
for blowing rounds and 350's.  Can be used for 260's
but the result is not too good, you end up
getting some lumps at the mouth end.
And of course by the end of the day even the vaccum
cleaner is tired like anyone of us.
Tod.
Tod's Balloon Magic


----- Original Message -----
To: <balloon@balloonhq.com>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: modified commercial pumps (electric OR hand)and)


> Marty's sale of a modified Black & Decker electric
pump spurs me to two
more
> general questions.
> 1. Has anyone else out there used an off-the-shelf
commercial
battery-powered
> pump (e.g., for cars)? What kind, with what success,
with what
modifications?
>
> 2. Has anyone used a large commercial non-twisting
hand pump for twisting,
> e.g., a stand-up bicycle pump? I'm just a part-time
volunteer twister so I
> can't afford those astonishingly-expensive pumps I
drool over in TMyers'
> catalog. Perhaps someone has taken a bike pump and
extended the nozzle up
to
> the top so it can be used while standing? Or does
anyone have a 'recipe'
for a
> home-made pump with cardboard tubes? (I know the pro
pumps pay for
themselves
> in just days, but that assumes you're not twisting
as an unpaid/no-tips
> volunteer!)
>
> Thanks,
> ...Terry in Tulip-Town (Ottawa, Canada)
>
> M Rock wrote:
>
> > I have a fully modified Black and Decker electric
pump ...
>


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