Hoses for Dust Extraction - Advanced Questions

[merklebob]

Mahogany Man

there should be no issue with the tool built in blowers.  the hoses all have line loses and the blower from the tool will only help convey the dust down the line.  i have a 2hp dust system with a cyclone in my shop.  the draw for the system is not enough to pickup all the dust from my jet cabinet saw.  i connected a old leaf plower in reverse to the collection/blade guard and it out put into the clooector stream without and issue.  will maybe one.  you need to shut the leaf blower off first ,  but mine is RF switched.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Dan,

Check this out.

Bob

Thanks, Bob.  The Tech Notes describe in detail with nice photos what I learned the slow, and expensive way.  (But I now have a nice assortment of extra hose fittings and one extra hose that I intend to put to use!)  It also confirms my opinion that Festool's present vacuum hoses and fittings are incomplete because they lack the ability to change the end fitting on a 50mm hose to couple directly to tools intended to couple to the tool end fitting of a 36mm hose.  What good is the Hose Reducer Item # 452897 which requires you to insert the TOOL END of the 36mm hose?  My guess is that part will work to hook a 2" outlet (e.g. a planer of CMS) to a length of 50mm hose and in turn to a 36mm hose which is connected to a vacuum machine.  But there doesn't appear to be any Festool end fitting components that enable quickly coupling the tool end of a 36 mm hose to Festool producsts that were designed to use with a 27mm hose, e.g the sanders and 1010 router.  I would like to mount a 36mm hose on my Boom Arm and be able to use the 36mm with my TS 55 saw and 1400 router, and quickly switch to using that same 36mm hose with my Rotex and other sanders which require the tool end fitting that comes with the 27 mm hose.  My "solution" is to make up a short whip of 27 mm hose with both ends being fitted with 27 mm tool end fittings.  One of those 27mm fittings will snugly fit into the tool end fitting of the 36mm hose.  Having to get a flat-bladed screwdriver and pop off the end fittings or to string both 36mm and 27mm hoses along the Boom Arm is not an efficient system solution in my opinion.

Dave R.

 

[larrysee]

Google "copper tape".  Easy to apply, turns Clearvue cyclones, plastic hose adapters, even rubber fittings from the Borg into antistatic connections. If you're artistic, apply like racing stripes. Nice thing about static grounds/connections, 10 guage is not needed. Works for me!

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Google "copper tape".  Easy to apply, turns Clearvue cyclones, plastic hose adapters, even rubber fittings from the Borg into antistatic connections. If you're artistic, apply like racing stripes. Nice thing about static grounds/connections, 10 guage is not needed. Works for me!

Thanks.  Cu tape sounds like a great solution, especially if self-adhering.  I once had a small bottle of conductive paint, which I think came as part of a kit for repair of antenna / defrosting grids on automotive reard windows.

Dave R.