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MReynolds · June 25th, 2012, 08:52 PM

anybody here use a Flowbee for cutting hair? They were big in the 70's.....I got one off Craigslist for $45 a couple of months ago....pretty cool.....just slam that baby in the shop-vac and a-cuttin' I go. Even did some of the boyz in the band on practice nite hahahahah. It has already paid for itself saving me those $12 haircuts.....now everytime I use it, I giggle and pay myself 12 bux. Figured I got a cut about every 6 weeks or so......that puts about an extra $100 in my pocket every year. Puts a real dent in the guitar string budget. :)

Chud · June 25th, 2012, 09:04 PM

You mean this thing?

It certainly does suck...

MReynolds · June 25th, 2012, 09:07 PM

hahahah I had forgot about that Chud.....no wonder one of the boyz was a little nervous to try it out.

Brad Pittiful · June 25th, 2012, 10:01 PM

ive been cutting my own hair for years...too bad there is something wrong with my clippers

cband7 · June 25th, 2012, 10:19 PM

I thought the FloBee was originally invented to cut dog hair....

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Slow Reflexes · June 25th, 2012, 10:21 PM

I worked with a guy who used one of those things. He knew enough not to advertise the fact, but he was also a pragmatist and really wasn't too bothered about it.

Personally, I probably wouldn't try one. My hair is far too short for something like that now.

Tomlin_Guitars · June 25th, 2012, 10:26 PM

I use the Robocut myself.

Jupiter · June 25th, 2012, 10:55 PM

I use baldness. Works great.... :-/

Westerly Sunn · June 26th, 2012, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jupiter

I use baldness. Works great.... :-/

If only the horseshoe and beard would go bald too...

binkydognose · June 26th, 2012, 01:34 PM

Is this like a cargo shorts, canned beans, doorway lotion thing?!
:-)

hannigan · June 26th, 2012, 02:27 PM

My Best Buddy used one , it was eerie how his hair never changed ...always the same length.

I think the Flow be thing is here at the house somewhere.

I just let mine grow with reckless abandon .

AndyLowry · June 26th, 2012, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jupiter

I use baldness. Works great.... :-/

Yep, me too. Saves a fortune! Between that and not having teeth, I can afford more guitars!

hekawi · June 26th, 2012, 03:46 PM

i cut my own hair.

use electric clippers, but no vacuum. just sweep up like they do at the barbershop.

bigrinwv · June 26th, 2012, 04:25 PM

Years ago we had a Flowbee. Wife was cutting my hair just before work, the vacuum quit working. She tried to make up for no vacuum by repeatedly slamming the thing down on my head. Talk about a buzz cut! Man that hurt.

jkingma · June 26th, 2012, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chud

I believe Garth is yelling something like "It's sucking away my will to live".

MReynolds · June 27th, 2012, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slow Reflexes

I worked with a guy who used one of those things. He knew enough not to advertise the fact, but he was also a pragmatist and really wasn't too bothered about it.

Personally, I probably wouldn't try one. My hair is far too short for something like that now.

Guess i am a pragmatist also......it works excellent for me, its fast, and it saves me coin.....i would have thought a lot of DIY type shop guys would be all over this thing hahaha

Slow Reflexes · June 27th, 2012, 01:17 AM

I also am a pragmatist (or as my wife would have it, a cheap bastard)... but in my case it takes the form of a hair trimmer with a #2 guard. I don't incur any mockery from my wife that way, either.

Westerly Sunn · June 27th, 2012, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrinwv

Years ago we had a Flowbee. Wife was cutting my hair just before work, the vacuum quit working. She tried to make up for no vacuum by repeatedly slamming the thing down on my head. Talk about a buzz cut! Man that hurt.

I'm sorry, but that's funny!

Did it make you feel a little like Rodney Dangerfield?

drb1346 · June 27th, 2012, 11:17 AM

A blast from the past!!

Commodore 64 · June 27th, 2012, 11:23 AM

When I was in college one of the guys I knew was infamous because his uncle had a floobee. I mean it wasn't even his, yet he was known for the flobee. "Schoom's Uncle has a Flobee" was uttered on many drunken nights.

June 25th, 2012, 08:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
MReynolds Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: in the sticks of N. Fla. Posts: 206 5 Photos	Flobee haircut anyone ?? anybody here use a Flowbee for cutting hair? They were big in the 70's.....I got one off Craigslist for $45 a couple of months ago....pretty cool.....just slam that baby in the shop-vac and a-cuttin' I go. Even did some of the boyz in the band on practice nite hahahahah. It has already paid for itself saving me those $12 haircuts.....now everytime I use it, I giggle and pay myself 12 bux. Figured I got a cut about every 6 weeks or so......that puts about an extra $100 in my pocket every year. Puts a real dent in the guitar string budget. :) __________________ About this guitar thing.... "I know enough, to know enough, that I don't know enough."

June 25th, 2012, 09:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
MReynolds Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: in the sticks of N. Fla. Posts: 206 5 Photos	hahahah I had forgot about that Chud.....no wonder one of the boyz was a little nervous to try it out. __________________ About this guitar thing.... "I know enough, to know enough, that I don't know enough."

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Brad Pittiful Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philly Burbs Posts: 9,342	ive been cutting my own hair for years...too bad there is something wrong with my clippers __________________ *No Signature Required.*

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cband7 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Thule, Greenland Age: 59 Posts: 2,186	I thought the FloBee was originally invented to cut dog hair.... . __________________ “Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.” ― Frank Zappa

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Slow Reflexes Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Willamette and Columbia Posts: 6,237	I worked with a guy who used one of those things. He knew enough not to advertise the fact, but he was also a pragmatist and really wasn't too bothered about it. Personally, I probably wouldn't try one. My hair is far too short for something like that now. __________________ I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle...

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Chud Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 2,431 10 Photos	You mean this thing? It certainly does suck...

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Tomlin_Guitars Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 151	I use the Robocut myself.

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Jupiter Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Osaka, Japan Age: 50 Posts: 6,483 6 Photos	I use baldness. Works great.... :-/ __________________ If only we could use our evil powers For the good of mankind. --Tito and Tarantula Climbing Mt. Stupid since 1962

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June 26th, 2012, 02:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
hannigan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: sno couny washington Posts: 3,205	My Best Buddy used one , it was eerie how his hair never changed ...always the same length. I think the Flow be thing is here at the house somewhere. I just let mine grow with reckless abandon .

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hekawi Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: greenville, sc Age: 55 Posts: 7,541	i cut my own hair. use electric clippers, but no vacuum. just sweep up like they do at the barbershop. __________________ ____________________________________________ "I have affixed to me the dust and dirt of countless ages...who am I to disturb history?" - Pig-Pen (the Peanuts character)

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bigrinwv Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Logan, WV Age: 58 Posts: 230	Years ago we had a Flowbee. Wife was cutting my hair just before work, the vacuum quit working. She tried to make up for no vacuum by repeatedly slamming the thing down on my head. Talk about a buzz cut! Man that hurt.

June 27th, 2012, 01:17 AM	#17 (permalink)
Slow Reflexes Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Willamette and Columbia Posts: 6,237	I also am a pragmatist (or as my wife would have it, a cheap bastard)... but in my case it takes the form of a hair trimmer with a #2 guard. I don't incur any mockery from my wife that way, either. __________________ I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle...

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drb1346 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryville, MO Age: 66 Posts: 1,167	A blast from the past!!

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Commodore 64 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kent, OH Age: 37 Posts: 1,867	When I was in college one of the guys I knew was infamous because his uncle had a floobee. I mean it wasn't even his, yet he was known for the flobee. "Schoom's Uncle has a Flobee" was uttered on many drunken nights.

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