: The hair drier is a good idea. Actually, I was using my Jet dust collector
: not a shop vac. I think a shop vac would work better. The dust collector
: moves a lot of air, but I don't think it has the suction of a shop vac. I
: could be wrong. I don't own one. The vacuum pump I have is rated for
: continuous duty and I don't think it needs air moving through. I'll try
: again soon. I need to remove the layer of glass from the foam or at least
: the glass along the edges. On the flats, the glass was pulled tight, but
: the glass didn't conform to the edges of the foam. I was trying to build
: the Helsinki Museum Aleut paddle. I've made one from wood and I really
: like it compared to the Greenland paddle I made from the Chuck Holst
: plans. The Aleut has more power, but the Holst is not a bad paddle.

: Kurt

The shop vac works great. I used a really cheap shop vac to bag the flying surfaces of one of my planes. Lotsa suction, ran for 24 hrs at a stretch w/o overheating doing some really big chunks, 18ft X 2ft wing panels, and the smaller bits like elevators, 6" X 3ft. I used that vacuum for all kinds of stuff till it got lost in a move 20 years later. The biggest problem w/ shop vacs is they have too much pressure, (suction), for some jobs that don't have solid cores, but a strategically placed hole in the bag fixes that ok.
I think they would be perfect for bagging paddles.

James