Hardware needed for CT-22 to Dust Deputy?

[Tom the Remodeler]

Hello! I think I'm going to invest in a Dust Deputy soon. But, before I place my order I want to make sure I get all of the proper connections so I'm not making numerous calls to Oneida or wandering Woodcraft trying to find the right parts. Right now I just own the CT22 with the stock D27 hose. I will be purchasing the Tradesmans/Installers Cleaning Kit with the antistatic D36 hose, which I'll run between the DD and my tools.

1. If I use a D50 hose (AS or non-AS), what kinds of connections will I need to connect from the CT22 to the Dust Deputy?

2. What connections will I need to connect the D36 hose between my tool and the Dust Deputy?

3. If I am already using a D36 Anti Static hose, will the whole system still be grounded if I run a copper wire from the D36 hose to the connector neck on my CT22, thus allowing my to bypass the need for the AS D50 hose?

Thanks, I'm looking forward to hearing you all!

-Tom

 

[Kapitaldream]

Tom,
I just bought and installed a Dust Deputy onto my CT22. I had Oneida supply their 2"  clear antistatic hose with out any fittings. The outside of the hose fits and seals into the CT22 and the other end slips over the outlet on the Deputy. I went to a muffler shop and they made up an adapter that fits over the 1 1/2" intake and by using three different sizes of pipe, each one expanded bigger I was able to slip the Festool hose end into the adapter. The shop welded the seams, all for $10.00. I just used black tape to seal the adapter to the deputy. I then went and made a plywood plate to fit the top of the CT22 and another plate to fit into the base of the Deputy drum. I'll use 1" rare earth magnets from Lee Valley to hold the drum down. I am pretty busy for the next few weeks but after I get the handle for the CT22 I'll post pictures. The Deputy works extremely good and I found that it is much simpler to buy the complete unit then to fool around with making up my own container. If you elect to go the muffler shop route bring along the hose so that they can fit the pipe to the hose.
Cheers
Steve

 

[jmelson]

I have the DD and found that the tool end of both the D27 or the D36 hose will fit directly to the inlet of the DD, so you would have to purchase hose ends from your Festool dealer. As for the outlet, I used a regular 2 1/2 shop vac hose with a 90 on each end. The 90's were made from 2 shop vac dust brushes from Lowes, the brush part snaps off easily.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

For my Dust Deputy / CT 22 setup, I connected the DD outlet (which is nominal 2" size) to the vacuum inlet using the 50 mm A/S hose supplied with the Boom Arm, and a gray A/S rubbery fitting I purchased from Oneida which I installed on the outlet of the DD.  That enables use of the Festool hoses with stock vacuum end fittings.  For the inlet of the DD (which is 1 1/2" nominal size), I purchased a rubber plumbing reducer coupling at my local Home Depot.  I took a Festool vacuum end fitting with me and a caliper to help ensure I purchased something that would work.  The pair of steel hose clamps supplied with this rubber fitting are used to secure it to the inlet of the DD and the Festool hose.  Alternatively, you can simply remove the vacuum end fitting from a Festool 36 mm hose and attach it directly to the DD inlet with a hose clamp.  I leave my DD sitting on the floor beside the CT 22 because I like to stack up several Systainers on its top.

Dave R.

 

[MichaelTurri]

The thing I don't like about Oneida's Festool Specific Solution is the size. So big. No need, really. I'm thinking of retrofitting a systainer as done in this thread, but smaller. To determine the right size of systainer to repurpose, I did some rough calculations to compare systainer volumes with the CT bags. Here's what I found:

SYS1 (11.7L or 3.1Gal)    :    CT MINI (10L or 2.6 Gal) 
SYS2 (17.6L or 4.6 Gal)    :    CT MIDI (15L or 4.0 Gal)
SYS3 (23.5L or 6.4 Gal)    :    CT 26 (26L or 6.9 Gal)
SYS4 (38.1L or 10.1 Gal)  :    CT 36 (36L or 9.5 Gal)
SYS5 (46.9L or 12.4 Gal)  :    CT 48 (48L or 12.7 Gal)

Basically, a SYS2 comes close to the 5 Gal pail version of the Dust Deputy! That's really slim. While you obviously won't be able to take advantage of the Systainer's entire volume once you build an interior receptacle, the overall volumes are surprisingly close! So a SYS3 with an interior receptacle would probably replicate or expand upon a cumerson 5 Gal pale. This affords people the choice of developing a more low profile chip container, albeit with less capacity.

I checked with Oneida, who confirmed that one can use a smaller size receptacle. The example I used was a shoe box. Now the other interesting thing to note here is that the smaller the size receptacle, the thinner the wall thickness would need to be before crushing would occur. I'm going to start looking around for premade solutions, although I bet a 0.25" finnish plywood would be more than enough to withstand the crushing forces.  I'll also work on ways to use an interior bag to simplify cleanup.

I'll keep updating as I progress down the road with this project. In the meantime, feel free to contact me with any ideas.