Sparks off the grinder are pretty hot, likely to eventually melt the
plastic hose. Not to mention adding the hot steel to the bottom of the
shop dust and sawdust and having a bonfire.

I do set my 6x48" belt sander up with a shop vac for wood sanding. Does
a great job of keeping the dust under control.

Ignoramus8644 wrote:
Just got myself a used 1/2 HP baldor grinder. It has openings in the
back of the wheel guards, for dust collector or some such. I am
thinking about attaching a shop vac to these openings. Is this plan
fatally flawed, or is it workable?

i