"DonkeyHody" wrote in
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efgh wrote:
I went to Lee Valley the other day and bought two adapters, a 1.25"
to 2.5" and a 2.5" to 4". My goal was to see if I could hook my
randon orbital sander up to my dust collector. When I took the dust
collection bag off the sander to attach the smaller adapter, I
noticed the 1.25" end had a "ring" running around the outside about
an 1/8" of the way from the end. This prevents the adapter from
going into the dust collection output of the sander far enough to
make an adequate connection. So, before I remove that "ring" in some
manner, has anyone else attempted to connect their ROS to a dust
collection system? If so, how did you accomplish it? I'm thinking I
might have to go buy a short section of 1.25" or so connect the
sander to the adapter.

TIA.

Porter Cable makes a nice little 1" flexible hose with a 3/4" or so
soft rubber end that slips right over the dust tube on my PC sander.
Amazon.com I think. IIRC it was rather pricey for such a simple
little item. It has an adapter to size up to the 2.5" hose from my
shop vac. My vac has variable speed so I can slow it down to an
appropriate amount of suction. This little hose has proven quite
handy because it's sooo much more light and flexible than a shop-vac
hose. It doesn't hinder the motion of the sander so much.

DonkeyHody

IIRC, about $30. Works well, particularly if the duct tape is well made.

Patriarch