ccarrolladams
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Only after I purchased my first TS55 and CT22 in January 2006 did I start to study all the information Festool made available in newsletters and article reprints.
Something that interested me was advice that the dust extraction of the TS55 would improve using the 36mm AS hose. The author of an article reasoned that since the TS55 would normally be used on a guide rail in a straight line and you should use the deflector even with the 27mm AS hose, the ideal situation was to practice until using the 36mm AS hose became second nature. Up to them I had only used circular saws without dust collection.
I reasoned that since I needed to get used to having both a power cord and a hose, why not get used to the 36mm? The next week I bought an OF1010, which can be used with a 27mm hose, but I found it just as easy to use the 36mm. Consequently when I added an OF2200 and OF1400 I had no problems with the 36mm hose.
I do only use 27mm hoses on my Festool sanders, where too much suction is worse than too little and when sanding random movement under control is very important. The boom arms serving our sanding work tables have 5m x 27mm AS hose. The boom for our TS cutting work table has a 5m x36mm AS hose. If we are hand routing or drilling we do so with 36mm hose.
My experience is that the MFK 700 trim routers work best with the 27mm hose. For us this works out because almost always when we are trimming with the MFK 700 we are working on a sanding work table, which as a 27mm hose anyway.
Something that interested me was advice that the dust extraction of the TS55 would improve using the 36mm AS hose. The author of an article reasoned that since the TS55 would normally be used on a guide rail in a straight line and you should use the deflector even with the 27mm AS hose, the ideal situation was to practice until using the 36mm AS hose became second nature. Up to them I had only used circular saws without dust collection.
I reasoned that since I needed to get used to having both a power cord and a hose, why not get used to the 36mm? The next week I bought an OF1010, which can be used with a 27mm hose, but I found it just as easy to use the 36mm. Consequently when I added an OF2200 and OF1400 I had no problems with the 36mm hose.
I do only use 27mm hoses on my Festool sanders, where too much suction is worse than too little and when sanding random movement under control is very important. The boom arms serving our sanding work tables have 5m x 27mm AS hose. The boom for our TS cutting work table has a 5m x36mm AS hose. If we are hand routing or drilling we do so with 36mm hose.
My experience is that the MFK 700 trim routers work best with the 27mm hose. For us this works out because almost always when we are trimming with the MFK 700 we are working on a sanding work table, which as a 27mm hose anyway.
