necessity is a mother

[kmealy]

I have a couple of vintage power tools that are not well equipped to handle any dust collection (as was the case back then).  the problem is they have a 1" internal diameter, the same as my shop vac hose.   So one does not fit over the other.  I was waiting to try to find some 1" o.d. rubber plumbing connector but I've not been to a big box since mid-March.   Then I decided to try something else.   I got a chunk of 2x4 and some Forstner bits and drilled holes to fit my machine and hose (sometimes one is different than the other so concentric holes of the right diameter.  Shove on for a friction fit (one took a few dabs of hot glue.)    Looks to be successful.

 

[FlGatorwood]

Is that a Shopsmith that I see in the background?  

[lew]

Well Done!

 

Did something similar with my Dewalt planer.

[Gene Howe]

13 hours ago, lew said:

Well Done!

 

Did something similar with my Dewalt planer.

Which Dewalt? My 735 accepts a regular 4" hose. It's hooked to a dedicated 1hp collector. 

[John Morris]

15 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

Is that a Shopsmith that I see in the background?  

YEP! Keith is one of us, it's an add-on to his arsenal, I remember Keith talking about what he uses it for but I can't remember today what that was.

[lew]

17 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Which Dewalt? My 735 accepts a regular 4" hose. It's hooked to a dedicated 1hp collector. 

The 735 exhaust port location causes the collector hose to constantly interfere with the exiting boards. I made a wooden adapter to fit a 90° PVC elbow then attach to collector hose

[Ron Dudelston]

2 minutes ago, lew said:

The 735 exhaust port location causes the collector hose to constantly interfere with the exiting boards. I made a wooden adapter to fit a 90° PVC elbow then attach to collector hose

I’ve considered adding a 90 degree elbow to mine.

[Gunny]

1 minute ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I’ve considered adding a 90 degree elbow to mine.

Make it a long sweep.  A short elbow will clog when on a planer.  Had to make a special adapter for a friend.  I used a heat gun and blew heat inside a PVC pipe and slowly bent it to a long arc.  Took some time but it worked Arc was 21 inches. 

 

So no pictures for that gem, they were on an old phone that died when dropped in oil bucket.  

[Gene Howe]

Having been raised on a farm, I'm a believer in the wondrous utility and simplicity of baling wire. I simply wired the hose to the left handle. The 735 really doesn't need for the DC to be on. When I turn on the planer, it inflates the DC bag. 

[HandyDan]

Don't forget the lathe is perfect for cutting the correct sized holes needed in these endeavors.  I've made a few myself. 

[John Morris]

53 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

When I turn on the planer, it inflates the DC bag. 

Yep, that 735 has a very efficient system for blowing out the chips and dust all on it's own, to prove how strong it blows, I hooked my Ridgid shop vac up to the 735, turned them both on and the 735 blew the shop vac hose off.

[Ron Dudelston]

1 hour ago, Gunny said:

Make it a long sweep.  A short elbow will clog when on a planer.  Had to make a special adapter for a friend.  I used a heat gun and blew heat inside a PVC pipe and slowly bent it to a long arc.  Took some time but it worked Arc was 21 inches. 

 

So no pictures for that gem, they were on an old phone that died when dropped in oil bucket.  

Oops!

[Gunny]

9 hours ago, John Morris said:

Yep, that 735 has a very efficient system for blowing out the chips and dust all on it's own

The guy I made that pipe for had it vent into a 5 gallon bucket.  Said the same thing, even showed me when he hooked it all up.  Has plenty of push to eject chips.  

[kmealy]

On 7/11/2020 at 6:31 PM, FlGatorwood said:

Is that a Shopsmith that I see in the background?  

Yes

 

[kmealy]

11 hours ago, John Morris said:

YEP! Keith is one of us, it's an add-on to his arsenal, I remember Keith talking about what he uses it for but I can't remember today what that was.

Right now, it's set up for disc and belt sanding.   Before I stumbled into a Delta band saw a few years ago, I used it regularly for that, too.   It excels at horizontal boring when the need arises.  The table saw mode always frustrates me with having to fiddle with the tables to do ripping or grooving.   So much easier and faster on my Unisaw.

I can't remember if I mentioned it, but I made two Thien separators this winter, one for the shop vac and one for the dust collector.  Both made from cutoffs, etc. sitting in the lumber pile.

Edited July 13, 2020 by kmealy

[PeteM]

On 7/12/2020 at 7:26 AM, Gene Howe said:

Having been raised on a farm, I'm a believer in the wondrous utility and simplicity of baling wire.

Such old time solution.  Modern:  duct tape.

[Gene Howe]

2 hours ago, PeteM said:

Such old time solution.  Modern:  duct tape.

My wire never loses it's grip.

[PeteM]

I had a similar exhaust duct transition issue, wanting an easy transition from a 4" throat scoop to a 1.25/2.5" small hose (Kreg jig, bench sander, etc).  The scoop serves my miter saw, and is difficult enough to modify that I don't want to mess with it, so I made a "plug fitting".  At the heart of all that (Gorilla) black tape is a 2.5x4 transition piece.  The tape plugs the depth of the scoop and gives me excellent draw on the hose.

[Gerald]

I used to do all that adjusting and such but now like Dan The lathe can do wonders.

This is the old adjustable DC port on lathe

Another old iteration

 

This is the new and better way to do connections. Note the two adapters on the Dust Deputy turned on lathe. So all these years of adapting and making weird stuff for DC and the answer was there all the time : make it on the lathe.

[kmealy]

My originals worked so well, today I made one for the opposite end of the hose, where the 1.5" hose, 1.5" o.d., goes into the 2.5" o.d. Rockler Vortex.  Hole saw and Forstner bit did great.

it occurred to me later that I'm always swapping out that end of the Vortex for 4 different hoses -- one for general clean up, one for the Ridgid OSS, the new one for the Shopsmith and band saw, and another for the ROSs.  I may just make a manifold with blast gates so all I have to do is open the appropriate gate and go.