Dust collection hose?

[Guy LaRochelle]

Hi guys,

DC hose is giving me some grief. It is easy to find something in the 4" size but what do you guys do for hose going to routers, orbit sanders etc? I have been trying to use my 2.5" hose and my craftsman vacuum but that is still too big. I went out to look for some small vac hose of some sort to connect to my craftsman vac but I could not find anything. It would be nice to find some 1.5" real nice flexible hose for this work. Lightweight would be nice too. Do you guys have a handle on any? If so where does a person find such stuff? I noticed Dewalt has a new rechargable vacuum now and it has a real nice hose but it is not long enough. Regards. -Guy

[rllipham]

[GRL]

Porter-Cable sells 10 foot sections of 1" hose for $20 at Sears. Over-priced, of course. You can get adapters that take that up to 2-1/2".

[Mark Jerde]

My router table's dust collection uses plumbing items and blue marine hose from the borg. Take what you're trying to connect to HD / Lowe's & find things that fit.

-- Mark

[James D. Kountz]

Even harderto find is a hose that size thats smooth inside!

Jim

[todd]

I bought a some 1" hose at Rockler with an adapter specially designed to fit any ShopVac (tm).brand vac. Works great for me.

todd

[Cutter]

I got a 24' length of 1-1/4" flex plastic hose from my local hardware store that was intended for use on a sump pump. It works but it's too noisy to use! Screams like a banshee. Shorter lengths might be OK, though. I wanted to go from one side of the room where the shop-vac is over to the chop-saw location.

[Guy LaRochelle]

Todd,

I can't seem to find this hose on there website. Is it on there? If it is could you send me the link? Regards. -Guy

[Warren Senders]

I had exactly the same problem at my chop saw. The 1 1/4" hose gave out with the most painful high-frequency sound I've ever encountered; it cut right through the ear protectors and the sound of the shopvac and saw. The length I was using was only about 6 feet, so if I were you, I'd find a different hose. I think it's the particular configuration of the corrugations that triggers those piercing high overtones; when I took the hose outside and spun it around it made a lot of high notes.

Warren

[Pat Barber]

[Wood Butcher]

Highly recommended. I bought one of these at the WWShow last Nov and I should have bought one long ago. 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.

Art

[Leslie G]

I use the 1-1/2" shop-vac hoses with an adapter to fit the tool on one end and an adapter to fit the main 4" hose on the other. They also sell a universal adapter you cut to the size you need. BORG sells the hose in both sizes and the adapters.

Leslie

[Guy LaRochelle]

Thanks for the info guys. I'm trying to track one of these down here in Canada and I can't seem to be able to find anyone that sells it. If anyone knows of somewhere in Canada to buy it please let me know. Regards. -Guy