In my Shop I have the DC hooked up to the table saw and can be quick-connect to the jointer and thickness planer.
I have a shop vac connected to the miter saw and the jointer as well as the router fence.
And another shop vac behind the drill press and band saw that I switch back and forth and the vac is on a tool trigger..
And another shop vac for general cleanup.
The shop vac behind the bandsaw died the other day while I was test cutting curves in a piece of 2 x 4 in prep for the pinewood derby cars. There was a giant shrieking noise and I thought I broke the bandsaw; shut down the bandsaw but the shrieking continued for a bit... shop vac! (to my relief). I think the bearing gave out.
Now this vac I got at my old house long before I got into wood working - It says Montgomery Wards - I probably got it in the late 70s like 1979.heck, the 5 Gallon tank is made of steel.
Anyway I think its toast.
I started shopping and what I find is that all the smaller vacs nowadays have 1-7/8" hose fittings and accessories. I'm used to 1-1/4 and 2-1/2 inch fittings.
That's all we need is another hose fitting size!
So I'm real worried about how I'm going to attach the 2-1/2 inch hoses to the tools to the vac.
ANyway I find out the inlet on all the vacs are still 2-1/2" but the hoses and accessory fittings have shrunk to 1-7/8.
So fortunately all the hoses still work. And I now have yet another hose in another size with wands, and floor sweep that don't match any of my other stuff. But it didn't come with the skinny nozzle or the round brush so I just can't chunk them and I have to keep the odd hose or buy new accessories.
Who really thought we need another vacuum hose and accessory size?
And the steel can was still good after 40 years - only a few rust spots inside from wet vacc-ing so I hated to throw it out so I turned it into my trash can so I can still look at it every day in the shop.
I have a shop vac connected to the miter saw and the jointer as well as the router fence.
And another shop vac behind the drill press and band saw that I switch back and forth and the vac is on a tool trigger..
And another shop vac for general cleanup.
The shop vac behind the bandsaw died the other day while I was test cutting curves in a piece of 2 x 4 in prep for the pinewood derby cars. There was a giant shrieking noise and I thought I broke the bandsaw; shut down the bandsaw but the shrieking continued for a bit... shop vac! (to my relief). I think the bearing gave out.
Now this vac I got at my old house long before I got into wood working - It says Montgomery Wards - I probably got it in the late 70s like 1979.heck, the 5 Gallon tank is made of steel.
Anyway I think its toast.
I started shopping and what I find is that all the smaller vacs nowadays have 1-7/8" hose fittings and accessories. I'm used to 1-1/4 and 2-1/2 inch fittings.
That's all we need is another hose fitting size!
So I'm real worried about how I'm going to attach the 2-1/2 inch hoses to the tools to the vac.
ANyway I find out the inlet on all the vacs are still 2-1/2" but the hoses and accessory fittings have shrunk to 1-7/8.
So fortunately all the hoses still work. And I now have yet another hose in another size with wands, and floor sweep that don't match any of my other stuff. But it didn't come with the skinny nozzle or the round brush so I just can't chunk them and I have to keep the odd hose or buy new accessories.
Who really thought we need another vacuum hose and accessory size?
And the steel can was still good after 40 years - only a few rust spots inside from wet vacc-ing so I hated to throw it out so I turned it into my trash can so I can still look at it every day in the shop.
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