Aftermarket Festool Compatible Accessories

[Woody_1984]

What's wrong with mentioning an American-made line of products for the MFT?
On this forum's advice, I went looking for the "Qwas" rail and bench dogs.  Way overpriced compared to similar offerings here:  http://www.precisiondogs.us
I have no idea how the quality/reputation compares, but a set of dogs from Precision costs $69, whereas same set from Qwas is $98.

I have been using Precision dogs for half a year now.
Absolutely no regrets, nicely done (all dimensions on mine are with margin error +/_0.01mm) and fitment is excellent.
Alex

 

[semenza]

Hi Woody,

    Welcome to the FOG!  [smile]

    Always good to see feedback.

Seth

 

[Woody_1984]

Thanks Seth! Glad to contribute

 

[semenza]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

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Seth

 

[leer]

Got my qwas dogs last week....super sweet..cant believed I lived without them...also installed the slopstop..seems to work great...now time to order the domiplate...looking forward to it...I've totally caught the bug

You got it bad dood…

I used the Qwas Dogs as the "reference" for fine tuning the 20mm holes on my CNC'd MFT-style benchtop.  I am happy to report that I received Parf Dogs in both standard and tall sizes from Lee Valley, and they fit like a glove also. I am probably going to use them for some jigs to hold long clamps on my workbench for when I glue up panels, or really anywhere I need to keep the clamps steady as I juggle the items to be clamped.  I fear my collection of dogs could grow like my collection of clamps.  I just cannot seem to convince myself I have enough ... and that seems to be a common issue with many woodworkers.  

 

[Worm Drive]

I just picked up a Bosch VAC005, 35mm x 16' vacuum hose. The small end fits nice and snug in the dust port on my 55REQ. The big end fits in the 2 1/4" inlet on my 16 gal Ridgid shop vac, as well as a 2 1/4"-4" adapter for my dust collector. The hose is fairly flexible and the tool end rotates to help keep the hose from twisting up. I've never used Festools hose, so I can't do a comparison. For $35 with free shipping on Amazon, it think it's a good alternative to the Festool hose for $150. Unfortunately, the tool end of the hose is about 1/8" too small to fit over the dust ports on my Bosch 6" r.o. or my Bosch pad sanders. Way to go Bosch! Guess that's another use for Gorilla tape.

 

[Slappy]

I just picked up a Bosch VAC005, 35mm x 16' vacuum hose. The small end fits nice and snug in the dust port on my 55REQ. The big end fits in the 2 1/4" inlet on my 16 gal Ridgid shop vac, as well as a 2 1/4"-4" adapter for my dust collector. The hose is fairly flexible and the tool end rotates to help keep the hose from twisting up. I've never used Festools hose, so I can't do a comparison. For $35 with free shipping on Amazon, it think it's a good alternative to the Festool hose for $150. Unfortunately, the tool end of the hose is about 1/8" too small to fit over the dust ports on my Bosch 6" r.o. or my Bosch pad sanders. Way to go Bosch! Guess that's another use for Gorilla tape.

I got that same hose it is a quality hose for sure @ a fraction of the cost of the same size Festool hose .

 

[Worm Drive]

I just picked up a Bosch VAC005, 35mm x 16' vacuum hose. The small end fits nice and snug in the dust port on my 55REQ. The big end fits in the 2 1/4" inlet on my 16 gal Ridgid shop vac, as well as a 2 1/4"-4" adapter for my dust collector. The hose is fairly flexible and the tool end rotates to help keep the hose from twisting up. I've never used Festools hose, so I can't do a comparison. For $35 with free shipping on Amazon, it think it's a good alternative to the Festool hose for $150. Unfortunately, the tool end of the hose is about 1/8" too small to fit over the dust ports on my Bosch 6" r.o. or my Bosch pad sanders. Way to go Bosch! Guess that's another use for Gorilla tape.

*Update*

I came up with a remedy for the Bosch hose not fitting the dust port adapters on my Bosch sanders. I used a hack saw to cut 4 kerfs in the male end of the sanders hose adapters. They now compress enough to fit into the hose, but are tight enough that the hose won't fall off.

 

[Bhend18]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

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Seth

Is this a Festool part? If so, what is the item number? I'm interested in picking up one of these.

 

[Slappy]

I just picked up a Bosch VAC005, 35mm x 16' vacuum hose. The small end fits nice and snug in the dust port on my 55REQ. The big end fits in the 2 1/4" inlet on my 16 gal Ridgid shop vac, as well as a 2 1/4"-4" adapter for my dust collector. The hose is fairly flexible and the tool end rotates to help keep the hose from twisting up. I've never used Festools hose, so I can't do a comparison. For $35 with free shipping on Amazon, it think it's a good alternative to the Festool hose for $150. Unfortunately, the tool end of the hose is about 1/8" too small to fit over the dust ports on my Bosch 6" r.o. or my Bosch pad sanders. Way to go Bosch! Guess that's another use for Gorilla tape.

I got that same hose it is a quality hose for sure @ a fraction of the cost of the same size Festool hose .

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AV78B/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[semenza]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

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Seth

Is this a Festool part? If so, what is the item number? I'm interested in picking up one of these.

Seth

 

[Tinker]

This D36 to D27 tool end hose adapter is well made and fits well for both cleaning tool attachments and tool ports. The fit into the D36 hose is really tight. The fit on the tool ports seemed a little loose at first but is a good strong connection when pushed all the way on. Certainly handy to have.

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Seth

Is this a Festool part? If so, what is the item number? I'm interested in picking up one of these.

Ditto
Tinker

 

[peter halle]

The part is not a Festool part.  It is made by Clark to allow their hose to adapt to the Festool 27 mm tools.  You might also want to check out the 36 mm hose (25') on their ebay listing for $74.00.  Click on the link in Seth's post then on the ebay page check out "other listings".

Peter

 

[Worm Drive]

Since I don't own a tool activated shop vac, I bought an iVac from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035YGLZG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  Just plug your tool into one iVac outlet and the vacuum into the other. When you fire up your tool, the vacuum turns on and when you turn the tool off, the vac continues running for about 10 seconds. There are separate electrical cords for each outlet, so they can be run off of separate circuits. The box can be wall mounted near an outlet. BEWARE the breakers on the iVac are advertised on Amazon as 15 amp., on the unit they are marked 12 amp. Using my 55REQ and 16 gallon, 12 amp Ridgid shop vac, the iVac is performing perfectly. The cons, the box is plastic, not metal and the breakers are only 12 amp. I would definitely recommend this product.

 

[William Duffield]

Woodpeckers has just announced a set of DF 500 Domino Depth Sleeves.

\https://www.woodpeck.com/dominodepthsleeves.html

Of course, you could easily make your own from 1/2" copper or PVC pipe, a hacksaw, a disc sander and calipers. I don't see the need for one for every 32nd of an inch, since they are stackable. They point this out this feature for the shims, but not for the sleeves. A reduced set of 1/64, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2" would give you any depth less than 1" that you needed to the nearest 1/64".

I don't think I understand why the stops are in imperial units, but the shims are in metric units.

There is no mention of plans for developing a set for the DF 700 XL.

 

[teocaf]

What about the Oneida Dust Deputy for the Festool vacs?  Are those still around?  I don't have one but I seem to remember reading something about an issue with them at one time.

 

[Wenyce]

Parf dogs by Peter.

 

[rst]

I use Fein flexible adapters to connect my Festools to my three Fein vacs.  I have the step adapters on my RO90, DTS400, RTS400, RTS 125, and my Bosch 250DEVS and Makita BO4900V, 9031, 9924, and 9404 sanders.  I cut off the smallest step and they fit on the dust port perfectly.  I also use the flexible straight connector for many other adaptations.  I always keep extras of each for tinkering.  As far as the Oneidas, I have two of the metal ones and despite cutting both wood and plastics on a regular basis, I have yet to find dust in my vacs.

 

[William Duffield]

To answer teocaf, yes, Oneida still offers the Ultimate Dust Deputy II. Amazon lists it, and according to the reviews, it still has some serious problems.

http://www.amazon.com/Oneida-Ultimate-Dust-Deputy-II/dp/B003VR65OE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

While I've got your attention, the Fein Step Adaptor, #921072K13, connects my CT26 hose to the blade guard on my SawStop.

 

[jacko9]

To answer teocaf, yes, Oneida still offers the Ultimate Dust Deputy II. Amazon lists it, and according to the reviews, it still has some serious problems.

http://www.amazon.com/Oneida-Ultimate-Dust-Deputy-II/dp/B003VR65OE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

While I've got your attention, the Fein Step Adaptor, #921072K13, connects my CT26 hose to the blade guard on my SawStop.

The Ultimate Dust Deputy shown on Amazon is the previous generation before they upgraded to the static conductive system.

http://www.oneida-air.com/inventoryD.asp?item_no=AXD000009&CatId={6EE79B16-EB63-43E7-8F30-1E06240A24A4}

Oneida provided me with all of the parts to upgrade my UDD and I don't have any static discharge issues.

Jack