A Vac Hose Hack

[Leon]

Festool vac hoses and many like hoses tend to have a lot of rings/bumps along the length of the hose. The hose gets caught up on sharp edges, non rounded, very easily. Always problematic when dragging the hose over the edge of a project or work surface.

The fix works really well. With first use I never paid attention to the hose as it caught on nothing.

Festool solution.

My solution, credit goes to numerous YouTubers that have done this.

A roll of 3m linerless rubber splicing tape works to hold the ends in place. And you need to heat the ends of the sleeve, after cutting, to prevent fraying. I use an old soldering iron.

[G Ross]

Tell me it ain't so!! Using a cheap hack instead of the elegant solution provided by Festool! I won't sleep a wink tonight, worrying about you. Stay indoors, because you may get struck by a green thunderbolt.

[Leon]

;~) This is how I afford Festool.

[DerbyDad03]

What size hose does the 1.5" sleeve fit? Mine are 2..5". Will the 1.5" sleeve work?

[Leon]

I think that would be too large for this size sleeve. I barely will fit over the larger / back end of the hose.

BUT! This stuff comes in all sizes.

[krw]

Staying indoors? Staying inside keeps you focused on your work? ;-)

[krw]

I had the same question. The description says that the stuff will expand up to 150%, so it'll expand to 2.25" (still enough for the hose and cord?) Note that it'll be something like 30% shorter when expanded. There are different sizes of this stuff, too. I noticed others that are also similar things that are more of a foam sheet with a Velcro strip closure.

[dpb]

On 2/18/2018 7:41 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote: ...

Those braided sleeves are typically rated at 150% expansion so 1.5" X

1.5 --> 2.25". _BUT_, that's a maximum that you can possibly manage to get the sleeve over in my experience so you'd need to go up to larger sleeve.

[DerbyDad03]

Yeah, I'm used to that. I've always needed larger sleeves to fit over my my huge biceps.

[woodchucker]

Do you really need an answer? Can you squeeze 10lbs of shit in a 2lb bag?

[DerbyDad03]

Seriously?

When you are ready to talk apples to apples, come on back and we can have a meaningful discussion.

[Leon]

[Leon]

The specs sound right, the roll I got was plenty to do 2 hoses, maybe 3.

[Leon]

Before freeze dried no. After. :~)

[krw]

Man, like that's some heavy shit!