I do my sanding waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over thataway. And the
underpowered DC is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over yonder.
I see Rockular is stocking one of those clear plastic 2 1/2" set o
pipes and gates that you can hook up to your shop vac.
(http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?&offerings_id=10649)
Does anyone have one of these?
Are they useful for doing some simple sucking from sanders?
Even if the DC had more oooomph, I kind'a wonder about taking a 6"
mainline to a 4" branch through a 2 1/2" reducer and down to a 1 1/4"
flex hose to hook up to my PC 333 ROS...
Seems like a shorter connextion tween the ShopVac and the ROS would be
beneficial.
>Seems like a shorter connextion tween the ShopVac and the ROS would be
>beneficial.
A'yup. Though one thing that's a down side, the ribbed (for
her pleasure) hose on the shoppe vac has a tendency to be a
pain onna 'count of it catches on stuff (table edges/any
right angle) and has to be continually manhandled/looked
after/watched over. Not poo-pooing the usage, just that it
is what it is. Now, if someone has a light-weight slip
cover for the ribbed (for her pleasure) hose, I want to hear
about it.
UA100, with his PC Tree-Turty-Tree hooked to the Fein
Mini-Turblow and ain't going back...
I doubt that the DC will pull enough for what you want to do.
You need high static pressure(vacuum) and low volume, i.e. a
shop vac, for this application.
I use one of these and it works like a charm.
http://www.portercable.com/index.asp?e=3399&p=3480
It's light and quite flexible and well worth the $20 I spent.
The big end fits into my shop vac hose and the little end fits
the 557 plate joiner, 743 circ saw, and the 333 sander.
I wouldn't be without it.
Art
"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I do my sanding waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over thataway. And the
> underpowered DC is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over yonder.
>
> I see Rockular is stocking one of those clear plastic 2 1/2" set o
> pipes and gates that you can hook up to your shop vac.
> (http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?&offerings_id=10649)
>
> Does anyone have one of these?
> Are they useful for doing some simple sucking from sanders?
>
> Even if the DC had more oooomph, I kind'a wonder about taking a 6"
> mainline to a 4" branch through a 2 1/2" reducer and down to a 1 1/4"
> flex hose to hook up to my PC 333 ROS...
>
> Seems like a shorter connextion tween the ShopVac and the ROS would be
> beneficial.
>
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:03:50 GMT, patrick conroy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Seems like a shorter connextion tween the ShopVac and the ROS would be
>beneficial.
I have a real DC system and think the Shop-Vac works better with
handheld tools.
It's been described as velocity vs. volume to me, but I'm not sure I
understand. The DC does a great job on jointers, planers, router
tables, etc... The Shop-Vac is king for sanders, biscuit joiners,
etc... A $20 Crapsman auto switch works really well with the vac.
Maybe someone will explain it differently, and I'll understand this
time. <G>
Barry
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:08:08 GMT, "Wood Butcher" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>I use one of these and it works like a charm.
>http://www.portercable.com/index.asp?e=3399&p=3480
>It's light and quite flexible and well worth the $20 I spent.
>The big end fits into my shop vac hose and the little end fits
>the 557 plate joiner, 743 circ saw, and the 333 sander.
>I wouldn't be without it.
Yeah - I'm there. I'm just wondering if anyone's bought one of those 2
1/2" duct systems and built themselves a little DC system - in
conjunction - with their 4" DC system.
I could see running the 2 1/2" pipes around the bench area for lil'
tasks like sanding. And the 4" ducts around the machine area for the
big tasks like planing.