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On Oct 11, 2:15 pm, "Toller" wrote:

Typically 2.5" hoses are used with big shopvacs to allow bulky things to
pass.
Your Craftsman is not particularly big.

What is you goal here? What are you trying to collect dust from?
Can't really say if it will work or not without knowing what you are
trying
to do.

I was planning on routing the collection system to my bandsaw, chop
saw, drill press (all three have 2 1/2 " dust ports) and to my lathe
(a gate at each machine), to pick up dust when I sand. I'd like to
eventually route it to my table saw, but I figure this system probably
won't be powerful enough with the shop vac.

Yeah, the capacity of the shop vac isn't large at all, 6 gallons, but
I figured it probably has enough power, being that it's 3HP - but I
really wouldn't know until I tried it.

My 2hp DC gets maybe half the debris from those tools; a shopvac would be
almost useless.
And I doubt 2.5" hoses would be any more effective than 1.25" hoses, as the
quantity of dust isn't large.