attaching sander to shop vac

I have a nice, flexible, 12' hose I bought at a vacuum cleaner store. It works great and many times I don't even have to move the vac because the long hose will reach.

I use my ROS' and belt sanders with an intermediate adapter hose that came with a drywall sanding block. I drilled a hole through the works and pinned (for fast changes) the hose to the tool. When sanding, I suspend the hoses above the finishing table.

Alternatively, I understand that a vacuum cleaner repair outfit can fix you up with the diameter/flex combo needed. Adapting to the vac hose is probably another matter.

I think I have seen improved shop vac hose in an LV catalog. Joe

If you live in an area that gives you the option, check at more than one vacuum cleaner sales / repair shop. A well-stocked shop will likely carry hose of the appropriate diameter, but some of the available hoses are much more flexible than others. For example, I found the Shop Vac brand hose that is available at the home centers to be to inflexble for this application. After looking around a bit I was able to find some vacuum cleaner hose that fit the bill nicely.

Lowes had some sump pump hose onsale about a year ago when we were having floods in the SKY area. I bought some to attach my RAS to the DC, never go around to it, but the hose is really flexible and about the same size as small shop vacs

That would be the hose kit for that sander... That requires a "step down" to a 2 1/2" adapter... It works great....

Sasha wrote:

I forgot to ask: Do you have the vacum adapter that you snap on the sander ???

Sasha wrote:

Just about any tool store carries 1 1/4" sander hose under the Porter Cable, DeWalt, or Joe's Taiwan Tools.

Tool Crib (Amazon), Coastal Tool, and Tools-Plus, probably all sell them over the web.

I think I paid $12 for a 15' PC hose.

Barry

Try an ebay search for central vac systems. After installing a central vac in my house this year I got a couple of extra hoses for the basement and garage for significantly less then what the vacuum company offered, and you can get them up to 35 feet long. Just cut to size and use a 2.5 to 1.5 adapter made for shop vacs.

Duane

Try Sears Hardware. They sell convouluted hose assorted sizes in bulk. And I tryed the sump pump hose once....Man the whistle you get out of it is deafning.