Thread: Work bench boom arm for vacuum and power

I, too, have the CT26e. No boom arm - instead, I have several large hooks attached to the ceiling around the work space. The cords are looped over the top, making it easier to keep them out of the way. I think a boom arm is both ugly and intrusive.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I built one out of 50mm PVC. Has since been disassembled but worked great. Got an 10m festool plug-it cord that ran the length of it. Vac plugged into one end and I just got a generic replacement vacuum hose I think was made for ryobi and covered it in braided cable sheath. Made sense as almost all the tools I was using with it were festool or cordless. The PVC itself acted as hose so overall the vacuum had to draw over about 10m and I didn't really notice any issues with the vacuum in doing so. I just cable tied it to one of the uprights in the shed and it just pivoted left and right as needed, i put a hook on the wall with a short occy strap and would just coil up the hose when not needed and hook it onto the wall with the strap.

The entire thing including the bracing was made of 50mm PVC so a mixture of straight sections, 45 degree bends, 45 degree three way junctions, a tee piece down the bottom for the connection to the vacuum. It was approximately 2.4m tall, the arm probably extended out around 1.2m or so, to add some strength I put in a small section that braced across the extension. Excuse my crude drawing. Any questions happy to help if I can