Dan wrote in
:

A follow up on the thread on using a shop vac as a dust collector. I
have a Ridgid vac with 2 1/4" hoses, however the connection at the vac
is of the clip on type (hose end clips in with a small tab, rather
than friction fit, so you can drag the vac around by the hose without
it pulling out), and the actual vac inlet opening is closer to 2
11/16". I would like to use this as a dust collector on my Bosch
slide miter saw, which has a 1 1/2" dust collection fitting. Would
like to use about 12 feet of 1 1/2" hose to connect the vac to the
saw. I can't find anything like this, there appear to be some places
that can make it up, but they're pretty expensive (~$100). Anyone
know where I can get a hose of the type I need for a reasonable price?

TIA

Dan

I did this something similar to this with some hose I picked up at the
local hardware store to hook up my P-C 89x to my shop vac. The hose was
fiber-reinforced to prevent it from collapsing under vacuum. Cost was
around $.90/ft. I used a "standard" 2-1/2" multi-step adapter to make
the transition from the vac to the hose.

Worked pretty well -- much better than not using anything, and sweeping
up after.

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