Adding a Switch to the Shop Vac

[martin felder]

ChuckM, I saw your postings about the Drillnado dating back to 2015.  Maybe it was at the 2015 Vegas show where I saw it.  It was being demonstrated with a  Forstner bit and I thought, how cool!  The chips magically disappeared, and you could see the cut being made without chips in the way, and after the cut was made, no chips all around! 

In real use, I have not found it so practical when changing drill bits and wanting to better see what I am doing.  It now sits around, and I need to consider if I need to try to make it work with what may be my new dust collector setup with foot switch, or garbage can.

I did a search for "drillnado" can could not really find much in terms of reviews or it being mentioned between 2015 and this past year.

 

[ChuckM]

Interesting that you brought up the drillnado. Mine has the same fate as yours--not getting used at all in my case because it couldn't be installed in my benchtop drill press which is some 20 years old.

 

[martin felder]

Mine is a floor model-mount Powermatic.  I wonder if you would have liked it more with a different drill press or not.  Not seeing much about it.  Maybe time to toss.

 

[rst]

I use 2" Loklines for my drill press, milling machine and bandsaw.  I use the narrow end fitting as it increases velocity.

 

[Cheese]

I installed this, it's adjustable for height and it comes with a wide angle collector nozzle. Especially nice when using Forstner bits.

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[martin felder]

Thanks for the picture.  My apologies if this was covered many times (did not find the answer).  As for using a CT-36 for something other than my Kapex or with my Festool Sanders (like rigging up drill press dust collection, how does that work with the connection to the vac?

I did read that the OD of what gets plugged into the Festool CT-36 is around 58mm which is around 2.25 inches.  I wanted to use a hose that is no smaller than necessary, and that seems to be 2 inches ID (readily available).  Therefore, it would seems like if I had a reducer 2.25 to 2 inch (OD), one end goes in the vac and the other allows the 2 inch ID hose to connect nicely with a hose clamp.  I can't find such a reducer except a metal exhaust one for exhaust pipes.

Any advice?

 

[Cheese]

I did read that the OD of what gets plugged into the Festool CT-36 is around 58mm which is around 2.25 inches.  I wanted to use a hose that is no smaller than necessary, and that seems to be 2 inches ID (readily available).  Therefore, it would seems like if I had a reducer 2.25 to 2 inch (OD), one end goes in the vac and the other allows the 2 inch ID hose to connect nicely with a hose clamp.  I can't find such a reducer except a metal exhaust one for exhaust pipes.

Any advice?

The dust collection nozzle/hose I showed has an end that's 2 1/4" OD x 2 1/8" ID. In my situation it worked out because the hose from the Milwaukee vacuum, which sits next to the drill press, fits perfectly snug.
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/...55d369702d2f2f0013a2,5764564c69702d3c42000beb

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[martin felder]

Thanks.  I called my local Woodcraft, and they had that Wood River product in stock.  I asked if any end of that fit into the Festool CT-36.  They tried and said nope.

Any suggestion of something (adapter) that fits into a Festool vac other than a Festool hose?

Thanks again.

 

[ChuckM]

Do you have any tubes, hoses, pipes and whatnot that you can fabricate a connector? I save odd pieces and sometimes they are what I need to complete a connection.

 

[Cheese]

I just brought the Wood River hose over to my Kapex to check something. Well [member=71926]martin felder[/member] today's your lucky day... [big grin]

Here's a photo of the standard 36 mm Festool hose and sleeve. This is the end that connects to the Kapex.

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This shows the sleeve is a very snug (that's good) fit inside the Wood River item.

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I'd call up Woodcraft and see if they stock the Festool sleeve and then give the 2 items a test drive yourself.

 

[martin felder]

https://www.oneida-air.com/2-5-inch-static-conductive-vacuum-hose-elbow

I think I found what I was looking for 2.25 OD to 2 OD