27mm to 27mm connector

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Does anyone know of the best, inexpensive, fast, and easy way to temporarily connect the male ends of the 27mm hoses? Thanks.

 

[Sparktrician]

Use a 1-1/4" copper pipe connector sleeve.  It works well for me with the male-to-male connection.  It also works well to tighten the connection between a 36mm male and a 27mm male connector.  An example would be if you use a 36mm hose on the boom arm and need a ~18" whip to step the 36mm hose down to a 27mm hose for sanders or the domino machine. 

 

[Brice Burrell]

Honestly, what's wrong with duct tape.

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Honestly, what's wrong with duct tape.

Thanks...That's what I've been doing...but, it makes the rubber sticky.  Looking for a more elegant way.

 

[danrush]

Honestly, what's wrong with duct tape.

Thanks...That's what I've been doing...but, it makes the rubber sticky.  Looking for a more elegant way.

Black duct tape is elegant, and it's slimming!

 

[gkaiseril]

Gaffer's tape holds well and leaves no residue. It is used in the film, photography, and video industry for securing equipment to poles and rails.

 

[AlexThePalex]

The most elegant way to me would be to get a tube of the right size to secure a snug fit. I would take a nozzle off the hose and take it to stores until I found a tube that would fit.

In case that wouldn't be possible, I would look at Festool's own accessories. After all, they have a full line of vacuum cleaner attachments that fit perfectly. I guess it would be a bit more expensive solution than a simple 3rd party tube, but it might be easier to find.

First thing that comes to mind is Festool's Bevel Ended Nozzle.
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But since I have never seen this nozzle myself, I am not sure if this nozzle is completely straight, with an even inner diameter all over. If it is, you have the perfect tube to make a connector. Just cut it to size. Cost is $27 though.  

If the option above doesn't work, someting that certainly will work is buying two Upholstery Brushes for $10 each.
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They have a very snug fit over the 27mm nozzle. Just cut of the tube part from both of them and connect them with glue or tape to make one connector. Then you have the perfect connector for two 27 mm hoses.

The absolute cheapest way to do this with a Festool accesorry would be to use nozzle D 36 FD-210, but I can't find it on the US website so I am not sure it's sold in NA.

 

[Corwin]

The most elegant way to me would be to get a tube of the right size to secure a snug fit. I would take a nozzle off the hose and take it to stores until I found a tube that would fit.

In case that wouldn't be possible, I would look at Festool's own accessories. After all, they have a full line of vacuum cleaner attachments that fit perfectly. I guess it would be a bit more expensive solution than a simple 3rd party tube, but it might be easier to find.

First thing that comes to mind is Festool's Bevel Ended Nozzle.
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But since I have never seen this nozzle myself, I am not sure if this nozzle is completely straight, with an even inner diameter all over. If it is, you have the perfect tube to make a connector. Just cut it to size. Cost is $27 though.

If the option above doesn't work, someting that certainly will work is buying two Upholstery Brushes for $10 each.
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They have a very snug fit over the 27mm nozzle. Just cut of the tube part from both of them and connect them with glue or tape to make one connector. Then you have the perfect connector for two 27 mm hoses.

The absolute cheapest way to do this with a Festool accesorry would be to use nozzle D 36 FD-210, but I can't find it on the US website so I am not sure it's sold in NA.

Good call on that Bevel-Ended Nozzle Alex!  Cutting the beveled end square would work fine, however, it will still work 'as-is' if one wants to retain the beveled end.  I own this nozzle and don't use it too much, but I do find it useful when cleaning out my bandsaw.  If I had a second D27 hose I might find this useful to connect the two hoses.  This nozzle is simply a length of a rubber-like tube (straight and uniform) with one end cut on an angle -- the tube is smaller in diameter than the plastic tubes and nozzles offered by Festool, so it is a tight and secure fit, but one that is just a little tougher to connect.

Oh, and we do have the Crevice Nozzle here in the North American market too.  [big grin]

 

[AlexThePalex]

Thanks for confirming Corwin. Always best to hear from people who one something in particular.

About the crevice nozzle, you have the long one, over here we also have a shorter one of 210 mm. I mentioned the shorter one because it is the cheaper solution.

 

[Sparktrician]

Here are the items that I use for joining DE hoses: First are the two connectors.  One is a 1-1/4" copper connector; the other is a 1-1/4" flexible coupler such as Tom mentioned earlier, but without the stainless steel band clamps.  Second is a shot of the copper connector being used to join two 27mm male hose connectors.  Third is the copper connector being used to make a tighter connection between a 27mm male connector and a 36mm male connector, as in the reducing whip to allow a 36mm hose on a boom arm to be reduced to match up with sanders or the OF 1010.  Fourth is the flexible coupler being used to join the 36mm male connector to the 50mm connector normally used at the DE such as might be done to join hoses to extend them to make a longer hose.  These are not a perfect solution, but work reasonably well and are commonly available at decent hardware stores' plumbing departments.  YMMV.