"Dev Pro" stair tool?

[Papa John]

Looks like a Dev Pro to me-- but im told im wrong.
Sure would like to buy another but seem to be unavailable now. I think i paid $690 for it.

 

[Nomad74]

Looks like a Dang version to me.

 

[hogjowl]

TOM wouldn’t have such a poorly designed manifold.

 

[Papa John]

It looks like a west pac stair tool with a higher quality swivel. Its a stair tool-- its doesnt need to be light weight aircraft Aluminum and titanium wand. It just needs to swivel better then the PMF.
Anyone know where i can buy the swivel? Ill modify my own wand if Tom doesn't have the time or desire to make one.

 

[Mikey P]

That's a Dang.

He's out of business for the moment.

 

[Small town janitorial]

The head looks like my porty wand. Just a cut and swivel that someone got somewhere. Easy to make.

 

[Jimmy L]

Where does one buy a swivel to put on their wand?

 

[DAT]

Fabricated using cnc/lathe machine?

 

[Small town janitorial]

Buying the swivel would be the tough part. I bet pmf would sell one if you asked nicely and promised you weren't designing knock offs. Haha.

 

[Mikey P]

Pmf doesn't make bolt on swivels

 

[Small town janitorial]

I have 3 welders in my garage. And one in my truck bed. Nothing some tig rod wont fix.

 

[Small town janitorial]

But then again, I'm a hack janitor who uses his devastator on stairs. So I would be welding for fun.

 

[Mikey P]

Have you seen a pmf swivel?

 

[Small town janitorial]

Nope. I have a pmf stair tool I bought used but Its non swivel and came with a broken valve. Plus the dev works fine, so I havnt fixed it.

 

[Living The Dream]

It looks like a west pac stair tool with a higher quality swivel. Its a stair tool-- its doesnt need to be light weight aircraft Aluminum and titanium wand. It just needs to swivel better then the PMF.
Anyone know where i can buy the swivel? Ill modify my own wand if Tom doesn't have the time or desire to make one.

If you do end up going with PMF. Saiger set me up with the one with the glide and dual jet. I wish I had a better pic of the swivel.

 

[DAT]

I have 3 welders in my garage. And one in my truck bed. Nothing some tig rod wont fix.

Man, i want a welder so bad. I did a lot metal sculpting from 14 to 20 when i had access to it. I wish i had some of my art. I had to sell them cause there was no room when i moved into single wide trailer after being evicted time in a year.

It is my wish to get my own fabrication shop someday.

 

[Papa John]

Have you seen a pmf swivel?

Yes. Ive been using PMF swivel stair tools for maybe 25 years now. I like the bigger tube diameter, and swivel of my dang swivel stair tool morr.

 

[Acp]

we have a pmf swivel, cant stand that thing the vac slot is so skinny also the swivel for me is more annoying than just flipping a small stair tool upside down.

still havent found one I like better than a regular S bend with a soft touch valve and an ergo handle.

 

[Mikey P]

I have a stairwand very much like Papa's, built by Westpak using the typical dry vacuum swivel thats found on most hard floor wands.

 

[Papa John]

I have a stairwand very much like Papa's, built by Westpak using the typical dry vacuum swivel thats found on most hard floor wands.

How do you like/rate it? I wasnt sure id like that swivel. The bar has been raised by my dev pro wand swivel experience.

 

[Mikey P]

Its fine and probably the best ergos of any pos stair wand I've used.

 

[Living The Dream]

Yes. Ive been using PMF swivel stair tools for maybe 25 years now. I like the bigger tube diameter, and swivel of my dang swivel stair tool morr.

What's the diameter of the Dang?

 

[Papa John]

What's the diameter of the Dang?

Ill have to measure it but i think a full 1.5 inch. The pmf is about 1.25 with end expanded to 1.5. At the swivel it is less then 1.25"

 

[Mikey P]

I'll bring my Westpack to ScruZ this week if you want to come get it.

 

[Mikey P]

Bring Greta with you, we can go hump some giant Redwoods

 

[Papa John]

Thanks, but this Saturday is the "after Party" for Burningman, called Decompression.
I will most likely attend. Its an outdoor/indoor party 2pm-2am.
I have a hangover schedule for Sunday.

 

[Mikey P]

I'm around til Thursday

 

[Papa John]

You setting up your rug plant?
Had another productive day in mine.