Tiny dust collector

[Cheese]

Matt, that's the same unit I've had since 2003 minus the internal baffle which I'm going to add. I use 4" corrugated vinyl snaked around the shop to connect to the various machines. I can attach it to a 6" Delta jointer, a 14" Delta bandsaw, a 12" Delta radial arm saw, a 10" Bosch tablesaw, a 6" Jet belt and 12" disc sander and the Dewalt 735 planer. Some of the machines have short stubby connections while others have longer 10' foot connections.

All that stuff works well, I maintain a continuous ground by using the spiral wire inside of the 4" corrugated and connect all of the items to the 4" corrugated through Magport connectors. The whole system works well and it's simple to just connect and reconnect each item.

I tried all of those 4" plastic "quick disconnect" items and they are just junk. If anyone wants them, if you pay for shipping I will gladly send all of them your way.  [smile]

 

[Bob D.]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] , how are you making the ground connection across the MagPort fittings.

Do you have a short jumper wire connected to the wire in the hose that you ground on the tool?

 

[DynaGlide]

I tried all of those 4" plastic "quick disconnect" items and they are just junk. If anyone wants them, if you pay for shipping I will gladly send all of them your way.  [smile]

Which ones? I'm using the Rockler Dust Right now and aside from not having a ground connection, it's incredibly simple to use.

 

[jeffinsgf]

Matt, doesn't your Flex have a tool plug built in? Mine does.

 

[DynaGlide]

Yes Jeff but it's rated for something like 6 Amps. I wouldn't dare plug my Kapex into it.

 

[jeffinsgf]

Got it. Now I understand.

 

[Cheese]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] , how are you making the ground connection across the MagPort fittings.

Do you have a short jumper wire connected to the wire in the hose that you ground on the tool?

You got it Bob... [big grin]...for now it's a Molex connector but I have pulled apart a Magport and it's pretty simple to use the magnets themselves as part of the electrical connection. A short piece of copper wire and a soldered copper disc and the Molex goes away. On a rainy day that's where I'll eventually end up at. You just have to make sure the correct magnets are connected.

You can see how clean the outside wall of the 4" hose is.

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[Bob D.]

Nice, I will have to look into modifying my MagPort connectors to include grounding.

Now that I see your photo I feel like this was discussed a while back in another thread.

Some searching on my part is in order.

 

[Cheese]

Which ones? I'm using the Rockler Dust Right now and aside from not having a ground connection, it's incredibly simple to use.

These ones from Woodcraft Matt. For 2 hose end connectors and a center QD connector you're up to $24 while a single Magport is $23, however the Magport doesn't suddenly disconnect itself when the hose is stretched a little bit.  [sad]

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[rvieceli]

On the subject of magports, take a look at the starter kit for 4 inch hose. You get 3 magports two short lengths of 4 inch hose and 5 hose clamps for 73 bucks.

A section of short hose, a magport and 2 clamps for a machine. So you can do 2 machines and the other magport clamps to the hose from your collector.
https://magport.net/products/4-starter-kit

Ron

 

[Cheese]

On the subject of magports, take a look at the starter kit for 4 inch hose. You get 3 magports to short lengths of 4 inch hose and 5 hose clamps for 73 bucks.

A section of short hose, a magport and 2 clamps for a machine. So you can do 2 machines and the other magports clamps to the hose from your collector.

Thanks for that Ron...that's exactly what I installed on my Jet Belt/Disc sander.

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[ChuckM]

No doubt, the magport is a better product, but at twice the price of a QD fitting:

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I use the QD fittings for my Sawstop (4' dia.) or thickness planer (2-1/2" dia.):

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I've forgotten to connect them to the dust collector, but they have never come loose on me nor is there any leak during use because I don't usually pull the hose around. The magports, however, should be the choice if one often needs to move hoses around during use.

By the way, for the really frugal folks, they can use just one QD fitting on the dust collector, and connect the hose (4" dia.) from as many machines as they have (with a 4" port) -- one at a time -- to the fitting with a handled spring clamp (the red clamp in the third image).

 

[Bob D.]

In place of that clunky Rube Goldberg setup that Magport has with the short hose and clamps, I'd like to see versions that slip right on to the exhaust port of most tools. How many different diameters are there, maybe four in the nominal 4 inch size?

For hoses it would be nice to have the back half of the QD connectors that threads into the hose but with a Magport flange on the business end. You could eliminate a bunch of ugly clamps and adapters.

 

[kimbuaslı]

On the subject of magports, take a look at the starter kit for 4 inch hose. You get 3 magports to short lengths of 4 inch hose and 5 hose clamps for 73 bucks.

A section of short hose, a magport and 2 clamps for a machine. So you can do 2 machines and the other magports clamps to the hose from your collector.

Thanks for that Ron..,that's exactly what I installed on my Jet Belt/Disc sander.

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