ART at WORK
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I was looking at the new Spring offers from Festool and saw in the accessories section on the new BHC masonry drill that they are now offering an dust extractor at source.
As usual the German Festool website was not very informative and so on blind fate
and the price of only 20 Euros. I bought the D 27 BSD Art Nr. 500483.
It arrived this morning, so I tested it out and on first impressions its a really good little addition to any tool box for people who are concerned about the dust or want to impress the customer.
Here is the little sucker hanging from my dusty porous rough concrete ceiling on a full length of 27 mm AS hose. I was impressed. Easy to put in place and easy to move and stays put.
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Sucking up to my Systainer
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The business end of the tool. The metal ring has a slit inside to take the dust away at source. The plastic head has markings like cross hairs for you to center on your pencil mark.
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There is a measuring scale down the side of the tool??? maybe you forgot your tape measure ?
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The underside is a large opening with a moos rubber sealing ring on the rim.
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The whole thing is easy to disassemble probably for easy cleaning and blockages.
The hose connection is a soft grippy rubber gasket.
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The design is brilliant, hats off to the designer(s) – the whole construction is held in place by the suction in the rear part and the dust is removed in the front part using the same air from the vacuum. The two ares are separated by a thin dividing wall.
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It's difficult to photograph it, I hope you can see the construction.
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I usually have a moan about how bad the instructions are on Festool products. Thankfully we have the FOG to put this right.
In this case I was happy with the suggestion to turn off the Auto Clean on the CT which I use on a low setting most of the time. Could be a pain when the thing is set up you grab you drill and its then on the floor.
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I made a test over my work bench, 1st put down a drop cloth and then marked a cross on the ceiling then put the dust extractor in place set up my drill with an 8 mm drill.
Put on my safety stuff and started to make the hole. The first thing I notices was the air flow was so strong it was pulling my drill off center. Then I drilled and noticed I lost approx 2 cm depth because of the ring, so had to change to the long drill bits. What was amazing was NO Dust on the drop cloth, up my arm or in my eyes and nose.
So for me a great success and a happy addition to my tool kit.
I hope this has been of assistance to you, in the last months I have become more aware of my Lungs, part of getting old I guess. So anything that helps keep the dust down is good in my book and for a Festool product a fairly affordable price.
Hope it is available everywhere soon.
Pip
As usual the German Festool website was not very informative and so on blind fate
and the price of only 20 Euros. I bought the D 27 BSD Art Nr. 500483.It arrived this morning, so I tested it out and on first impressions its a really good little addition to any tool box for people who are concerned about the dust or want to impress the customer.
Here is the little sucker hanging from my dusty porous rough concrete ceiling on a full length of 27 mm AS hose. I was impressed. Easy to put in place and easy to move and stays put.
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Sucking up to my Systainer
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The business end of the tool. The metal ring has a slit inside to take the dust away at source. The plastic head has markings like cross hairs for you to center on your pencil mark.
[attachimg=#]
There is a measuring scale down the side of the tool??? maybe you forgot your tape measure ?
[attachimg=#]
The underside is a large opening with a moos rubber sealing ring on the rim.
[attachimg=#]
The whole thing is easy to disassemble probably for easy cleaning and blockages.
The hose connection is a soft grippy rubber gasket.
[attachimg=#]
The design is brilliant, hats off to the designer(s) – the whole construction is held in place by the suction in the rear part and the dust is removed in the front part using the same air from the vacuum. The two ares are separated by a thin dividing wall.
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It's difficult to photograph it, I hope you can see the construction.
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I usually have a moan about how bad the instructions are on Festool products. Thankfully we have the FOG to put this right.
In this case I was happy with the suggestion to turn off the Auto Clean on the CT which I use on a low setting most of the time. Could be a pain when the thing is set up you grab you drill and its then on the floor.
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I made a test over my work bench, 1st put down a drop cloth and then marked a cross on the ceiling then put the dust extractor in place set up my drill with an 8 mm drill.
Put on my safety stuff and started to make the hole. The first thing I notices was the air flow was so strong it was pulling my drill off center. Then I drilled and noticed I lost approx 2 cm depth because of the ring, so had to change to the long drill bits. What was amazing was NO Dust on the drop cloth, up my arm or in my eyes and nose.
So for me a great success and a happy addition to my tool kit.
I hope this has been of assistance to you, in the last months I have become more aware of my Lungs, part of getting old I guess. So anything that helps keep the dust down is good in my book and for a Festool product a fairly affordable price.
Hope it is available everywhere soon.
Pip
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