On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:01:17 UTC, Steven Briggs
wrote:

In message , Lobster
writes
I have quite a few power tools with orifices intended to take a dust
extraction hose; and I'd like to attach them to my vacuum cleaner.
However, all the tools, and the vacuum cleaner pipe seem to be of
different diameters - none will mate up.

I find this particularly odd considering the vacuum cleaner, orbital
sander and electric plane are all badged Wickes - I asked at the store
about this, and was greeted with shrugged shoulders. (They started off
by claiming that the orifices weren't intended for dust extraction
until I fished out an instruction manual. God, it was like being at B&Q!)

I seem to have collected quite a lot of these adaptors. One set (about 4
or 5 pieces) came with a cheap Betterware fluff-picker-upper - the
things with the one way velvety stuff on them. Another set came with the
gadget that sticks to teh wall under suction while you drill through a
small opening, thus catching the dust.

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Bob Eager
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