Work bench boom arm for vacuum and power

[qwertyu]

Has anyone build a boom arm for their work bench/assembly table which has power and vacuum? Would love to see your designs/ideas.

I currently use a festool shop vac with a 7.5m hose + 7.5m plug it to use with sanders/track saw etc. I use a long hose as I have more then 1 bench/area where I would like to sand and I hate moving the vacuum around the work shop. Also, the hose dragging along the floor when using track saws/sanding catches on everything and it quite annoying.

Therefore looking at a boom arm solution where I can also have regular 240v too. Ideally, I would like to keep the existing hose on my vac so I can use it for general cleaning too, then plug the hose into the boom arm and make a plug-it extension cord for the boom arm too.

If there was another 10m of hose for the boom arm component is that too long of a length for the vacuum? its a festool CT26

[derekcohen]

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

[hurcorh]

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