Dust Collection Hoses and Couplings

[bfrikken]

I bought a JET DC Unit to use in place of my Rigid Shop Vac.

I'm very anxious to use this, but I don't have the proper hoses and coupling pieces to hook it up to anything. The opening into the unit is 4 inches (I think). My shop vac hose fits snugly into the opening for dust collection on my BT3100. Any ideas on what I can use to go from Saw to DC Unit?

I have one adapter that is a 4 to 2 1/2 inch reducer. The problem I see is that each end of the reducer is the same size as the opening into the DC and the Table saw, so I need additional parts to seal them together.

I got the DC Unit Used, and I really don't want to spend a lot of money buying hoses and attachments. Does anyone know some CHEAP ideas I can use for this? I'm not even sure where to get hoses either.

[LarryG]

Woodcraft, Rockler, and a few other places sell a 4" to 2-1/4" reducer that fits inside the BT's tailpipe perfectly. The Rocker SKU is 20871, shown about 3/4 of the way down this page. If you shop for it elsewhere, you'll know you have the right one if the 2-1/4" side is offset to one side, rather than being centered on the 4" end. There are other ways to cobble together a connection but this adapter makes it so easy and elegant that it's well worth the few bucks it costs.

For hoses, as well as a basic set of fittings, it's hard to beat the dust collector accessory kit from HF. Costs about $40; occasionally on sale for $30. DC hose isn't cheap; this kit will give you two 10' lengths, plus a bunch of fittings and clamps, for about the same as you'd pay for only the hoses elsewhere.

[monte]

Bill,

Stop by Menards on West Main on your way home. They have adapters, etc that will make this work.

[bfrikken]

I'll have to check it out Monte. I'm in need of hoses too....

Thanks for the tip.