in a good way.

The other day I ordered some vacuum hose[1] - I thought it might prove
handy in the workshop since I often struggle with dust collection on
hand held tools, since the normal shop vac hoses are not really long
enough.

What I did not take on board until I looked at it, was this was 32 mm
hose - which is a bit narrower than the normal vacuum hose. Not only is
it much slimmer and lighter than the normal hose, it also seems to fit
straight into the dust ports on all kinds of tools without needing any
adaptors, gaffer tape or other kludges. (and the other end stuffs
tightly up the end of the vacuum hose from the vac).

So by the simple expedient of cutting of a good length, lobbing it over
a ceiling joist with some slack, the vacuum can be tucked out of the way
in a corner, and the hose will then follow me wherever I am working. A
simple thing, but it made me happy ;-)



[1]
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-t...xi-hose+DK7181

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On 2/5/2017 7:29 PM, John Rumm wrote:

What I did not take on board until I looked at it, was this was 32 mm
hose - which is a bit narrower than the normal vacuum hose. Not only is
it much slimmer and lighter than the normal hose, it also seems to fit
straight into the dust ports on all kinds of tools without needing any
adaptors, gaffer tape or other kludges. (and the other end stuffs
tightly up the end of the vacuum hose from the vac).

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-t...xi-hose+DK7181


Lovely. I've bookmarked that for future use.

On 06/02/2017 00:29, John Rumm wrote:
in a good way.

The other day I ordered some vacuum hose[1] - I thought it might prove
handy in the workshop since I often struggle with dust collection on
hand held tools, since the normal shop vac hoses are not really long
enough.

What I did not take on board until I looked at it, was this was 32 mm
hose - which is a bit narrower than the normal vacuum hose. Not only is
it much slimmer and lighter than the normal hose, it also seems to fit
straight into the dust ports on all kinds of tools without needing any
adaptors, gaffer tape or other kludges. (and the other end stuffs
tightly up the end of the vacuum hose from the vac).

So by the simple expedient of cutting of a good length, lobbing it over
a ceiling joist with some slack, the vacuum can be tucked out of the way
in a corner, and the hose will then follow me wherever I am working. A
simple thing, but it made me happy ;-)



[1]
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-t...xi-hose+DK7181



Good solution! It looks very similar to the hose used in ponds to
connect pumps to filters and water features. Is it the same stuff?
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On 06/02/2017 10:35, Roger Mills wrote:
On 06/02/2017 00:29, John Rumm wrote:

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-t...xi-hose+DK7181

Good solution! It looks very similar to the hose used in ponds to
connect pumps to filters and water features. Is it the same stuff?

It could well be... Looking at the offerings on the various pond sites
they certainly look similar - and 32mm is one of the options. Not any
cheaper doing it that way by the looks of it though.

Ironically I had bought a box of it in the past with the intention of
using it in the workshop, but actually found a use for it first on my
submersible pump, where having 20m of larger bore hose was actually
quite useful - so decided to dedicate it to that. (did not think a
combination of damp hose and wood dust would work well together!)

So I only got round to buying another box for my originally intended use
recently. Shame I never got round to it sooner after years of putting up
with short hoses, using bits of various diameter waste pipe offcut to
make the final connections to different tools.


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