Hi,
One thing I discoverd about 3 weeks ago that I meant to post was a find on hose for a shop vac dust collector.
I built a Thein separator to work on a 20g can and I have to say, I'm blown away by how something so simple can work so well. Because my shop space is at a premium, I was looking to limit floor space so I built a stack that puts my shopvac above the garbage can. I used rocker 2.5 angled dust ports on the top of the separator. Obviously, I needed to run a hose from the can to the shop vac. I found an RV sewer hose at Walmart that was "expandable" up to 10 ft. It is farily heavy gauge vinyl and has wire rings for support so that it doesn't collapse. I ended up wrapping some duct tape around an old shop vac 2.5 fitting and the hose snugged right in. I put it on the shopvac and found that the suction from the shopvac caused the hose to retract and form a nearly straight pipe from the shopvac to the separator.
The cost was about $6.00. I'm not sure how good it would be over long runs, but it works well for short drops.
Just a thought.
One thing I discoverd about 3 weeks ago that I meant to post was a find on hose for a shop vac dust collector.
I built a Thein separator to work on a 20g can and I have to say, I'm blown away by how something so simple can work so well. Because my shop space is at a premium, I was looking to limit floor space so I built a stack that puts my shopvac above the garbage can. I used rocker 2.5 angled dust ports on the top of the separator. Obviously, I needed to run a hose from the can to the shop vac. I found an RV sewer hose at Walmart that was "expandable" up to 10 ft. It is farily heavy gauge vinyl and has wire rings for support so that it doesn't collapse. I ended up wrapping some duct tape around an old shop vac 2.5 fitting and the hose snugged right in. I put it on the shopvac and found that the suction from the shopvac caused the hose to retract and form a nearly straight pipe from the shopvac to the separator.
The cost was about $6.00. I'm not sure how good it would be over long runs, but it works well for short drops.
Just a thought.
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