Festool Dust Collection

1/15/07, 5:03 AM #1

Dan Clermont
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Festool Dust Collection

Dan Clermont

>Hello Everyone

Picked up a Festool TS-55 from forumite Bob Marino this past weekend :smilewink

Unfortunately I thought it would fit a standard shop vac but it won't :sigh:

So, I found this hose at LV which fits the dust port on the TS-55 but I worry it may be too cumbersome to drag behind a Festool saw or Festool Plunge Router. Anybody tried it?

[url=http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=47161&cat=1,42401&ap=1]LV Shop Vac [/url]

Or do I go with the standard non-anti static hose from Festool with a 1" Diameter as shown below?

[url=http://www.festoolusa.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProdID=452877&ID=6#]LV Shop Vac [/url]

The LV hose is slightly cheaper and more convenient as I work close to a LV store however the Festool hose is made for the Festool tool

Cheers

Dan Clermont

Re: Festool Dust Collection

1/15/07, 5:04 AM #2

Dan Clermont
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LV Link *LINK*

Dan Clermont

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Lee Valley

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1/15/07, 5:05 AM #3

Dan Clermont
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Festool Link *LINK*

Dan Clermont

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1/15/07, 1:34 PM #4

Hub in Ontario
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Hub in Ontario

>Dan,

I have this hose kit and it definately is crush proof. I am suprised it hasn't asked me to return it.

The true test, I would buy another

Hub

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1/15/07, 1:36 PM #5

Hub in Ontario
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Hub in Ontario

>To be clear, I have the LV hose

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1/15/07, 1:39 PM #6

Doug Reynolds in Seattle
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Doug Reynolds in Seattle

>I have the Festool ATF 55E saw and OF 1400 EQ router which I hook up to Fein shop vac with a hose I got from Bob Marino for that purpose. Works great.

Re: Festool Dust Collection

1/15/07, 6:17 PM #7

John in New Mexico
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Thats what I use...

John in New Mexico

>Only I got mine at the local Woodcraft. The saw is the older model, so I don't know if they've changed the connection size. On mine, the grey end of that hose is soft enough to force over the odd shape port on the festool. I used to use the same hose with a festool jig saw, but needed a soft rubber sleeve to make it work. Those are available at Home Depot in the slumlord plumbing section ;). They're these little grey sleeves, some of which reduce, that have hose clamps for tightening. Work great.

That hose is pretty un-crushable too.

John

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1/15/07, 10:36 PM #8

Jay St. Peter
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Jay St. Peter

>I use the Festool hose. Works great and fits not only my growing number of Festool tools, but also PC and DW tools I have around that I've always had to rig something up for.

Jay St. Peter

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