In order to put together a semi-permanent dust solution for the BT, miter saw, and other tools until I can buy a true Dust Collector I was doing research on different shop vacs. The one I found that was rated highly and I could tuck nicely away in the garage / shop was the wall mounted Rigid from HD. The problem is that they use a 1 7/8 O.D. hose and I spent over an hour at the store trying to rig something up to hook up to the 2 1/2 inch dust port on the BT. As usual there was no one to help there so hopefully someone here has some ideas. Two to 2 1/2 inches was a cake walk but the extra 1/8 of an inch would let of lot of air through. I'm not real clear why they would choose this size pipe/ hose as all their other vacs are 2 or 2 1/2 inch.
As a sidebar I got a $125 gift certificate for x-mas so it's burning a hole in my pocket. I have attached a picture of what vac I was thinking of .... the only other tool that I need in that small price window was a bench top drill press but after reading the posts here and using the saw I thought this was a better purchase and would keep the saw running better.
As a sidebar I got a $125 gift certificate for x-mas so it's burning a hole in my pocket. I have attached a picture of what vac I was thinking of .... the only other tool that I need in that small price window was a bench top drill press but after reading the posts here and using the saw I thought this was a better purchase and would keep the saw running better.
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