Small electronics vacuum recommendation wanted, please

[AlphaDog]

I asked this question before, and forum members talked me into first trying canned air for cleaning the lint out of the innards of my serger. That's not working out, mostly because the stuff gets blown all around my sewing area, and then I have a different mess to clean up. I hate messes. Would someone please point me toward a teensy vacuum? I wouldn't know a good one from bad. Thank you!

[rgG]

I have no idea how good it is, but the price is right and it seems to be what you are looking for.

http://macresource.com/rd/index.cfm?d=ab...7ec42d1f6b

[AlphaDog]

It's really cute, but neither my serger nor my sewing machine are equipped with USB. I'm thinking it'll have to be either battery or AC for this little gadget.

[SteveO]

You could plug it into your Mac? Maybe? Or maybe it is too far from your intended use. Or if you have a somewhat older iPod charger, you could plug it into the USB port on its wall plug. That way you'd be totally mobile.

[OWC Jamie]

I don't have a serger nor a sewing machine, but air in a can only has so much value.
I use a paint brush of an appropriate size and stiffness to brush out dust and goo from the inside of peecees with a regular vacumn nearby to suck up the mess.

I have used a dustbuster, but they don't have very good suction and the [rechargeble]batteries just do not seem to last.

If I think there's a possibility something might go up the hose of value I'll use a small shop vacuum and empty it out first.

[Racer X]

something like this ?

[AlphaDog]

I've been surfing the 'net, and I'm surprised at how few little gadgets are available. I did find one but haven't decided yet whether it's worth the $35 to get it. There are other ways to clean up, but when it's a task that might have to be done a half dozen times within a couple of hours, the ideal tool for the job is very compact and easy to keep handy but out of the way. The dustbuster (mine works great!) is too big to pull the lint out of the small areas of the machines, but it works fine for cleaning around them. I guess I need a miniature dustbuster.

Oh, well, I guess today is not the day my life will be simplified. Thanks anyway!

[AlphaDog]

Racer X wrote:
something like this ?

Yes! That's the one I found and am trying to decide just how badly I want it!

[lafinfil]

I would reconsider using the compressed air in conjunction with a shopvac and a crevice attachment. Use the air to
displace the lint while using the shopvac to suck it out of the air while it is dislodged.

I use this technique for getting the dust out of electronics and photo equipment. A variety of soft sable hair brushes
used in the same manner to dislodge the lint and catch it in the vac,

I've also made reducers for the shop vac hose experimenting with caps (like from spray paint cans)
that were duct taped on the hose and a hole drilled to accommodate the size of tubing I need to get in a particular place.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

My Mom has tried two of them. The tiny/cheap vacuums are terrible. They are just a waste of $10 or whatever. They would make your Dustbuster look incredible in comparison. You would do better sucking on a straw with a coffee filter over the end. I would say to get a sheet of cardboard and roll it into a narrow cone that fits over your Dustbuster nozzle.