Reverse Engineering- Vacuum Cleaner - 1B Grp 4

This is a Vacuum Cleaner from Nilfisk - Model Action Plus Special

Open the lid of the front and remove the extra pieces

You open the front and take out the bag, remove the rubber band, and screw out the bag holder

Open the rear, take out the filters and unscrew the holders

Remove the rubber band at the hose connection point and pull out the opener in the front

Take out the screw inside the wheels, and pull the wheels off. Use force if necessary

Take off the top shelter. Push the hinges to the side, to be able to get it out

There's one at the top, two at the bottom and two inside of it

Open the top and take out the two screws. Pull the screw out, to be able to seperate it from the cable. (There is a hole you can pull it out of)

Screw out the technology, then the controller part itself. Pull it out

Remove the cables from the power switch, to be able to get the motor out

Remove the upper rear. Then pull off the buttons for power and cable pull. Then you screw out the screws that hold the plastic case. Pull it off. Lastly you remove the power connector, it may require some force

Remove the cable, by removing the power connection first. You do that just by pressing the cable holder aside, and pulling cables out. It is not screwed into anything

Take off the pull button first. You do that by screwing it off. Screw out the screw that holds the steel band and it's cover together. Then pull both apart.
Remove the wire from the cable, then remove the cable. Remove the cable holder last

The motor is not connected to anything, so you can freely pull it out

Screw out the last screws and remove the rubber pieces

Take away the plastic by taking out the screws, then pull it apart, and pull the rubber off at the front afterwards. You can now freely extract the motor.

Remove the cables from the motor. Screw out the technology, and pull it out of the plastic. Remove the foam from the plastic. Then screw the cables off the motor directly.

Hold the motor core with a pair of pliers, to be able to remove the nut at the top. Carefully open the motor case with a chisel and hammer. Remove the front housing, turbine blade and plastic air conduction piece. Then pull out the motor core and hammer the turbine piece out. Then remove the steel wire and metal.

Remove the steel wire by pulling it off, either with force or by slowly following the pattern the opposite way. When done so, you can take off the plastic and metal, by carefully moving the plastic grips on the sides.

Put all the pieces in order, and count them all

Weigh all the pieces

Cut the top and bottom shelter in half, to get a full view of both sides. They both matter

Set up the concluded the design of the group and measure the necessary size needed

Make two different boards. One for the motor, and one for the shell (Use the table saw)

Line everything up, to get an overview of the product.

Put wires into tubes to show the path of electronics

Glue all parts onto the board following the concluded design and hammer in seams to make things become more visible

To be creative and give the board a name: S.M.D. ( Suck My Dust)

First measure the parts you want to place on wooden holders, then sketch some sturdy holders. Cut the holders with a band-saw.

Use a chisel to cut out space for the wood holders

Glue the motor parts onto the wood and glue the wood onto the board into their specific space

First use the website: http://www.makercase.com/ and use the settings described in picture one. Then press the "Generate Laser Cutter Case Plans" button. Then use the settings described in picture two.

Use Adobe Illustrator (or equivalent program) to draw rounded rectangles inside the pieces of the box you need, remove one of the sides of the box so you have 5 parts; 3 long pieces and 2 square ones. the distance from the rectangle to the outer edge is 10mm on the top and sides, but 20mm in the bottom.

Choose the cut through feature on your laser printer, and send the file to print. Use the 3mm wooden plate preset for the printer and click start. Then wait for the machine to cut out the pieces. Finally identify the pieces and assemble the "box".