Thread: Dust pipe connections

Mike,

I have connected my Triton router table fence to my DC 4" ducting and posted details on this board.

However I dont think you can connect the router itself to the DC. It would be very awkward to use hand held and is designed for use with a vacuum cleaner setup.

Peter.

I use a vacuum cleaner (started with a s/hans shop vac for $5,00 and then grapped a ripper bargain of a Karcher 2000e Wet/Dry Vacuum for $10 in VGC. I use this for hand tools as it provides good air speed for dust etc. I went into a major tool shop today to purchase a "reducer" for a couple of tools, and a Festo one was in the vicinity of $28.50 +. I went to a Karcher outlet and bought a variable[actually 2} "stepped reducers that range from 25-38mm for $5.00 each and I just cut the desired diameter required.
Others most certainly have greater knowledge than myself in this area, but I would personally use the larger capacity DC for machines such as a T/S, and Thicknesser/Jointer etc.

If you look around you should find a S/H vacuum cleaner, just watch out some of them are real screamers (loud)

regards tony

Thanks guys.

Sturdee - what I really meant to say was "I want the connect the hose provided with the router to the 4inch main hose".

Regards,
Mike.

I now understand Mike.

Easy enough to make a connector out of an ofcut of MDF or chipboard. Cut a circle to fit the inside of your main hose and drill a hole in it to fit the Triton hose. Tape it all up with duct tape to stop air leaks.

Still don't know if it will work well as I think the the router hose will require a high suction small airflow that a vac has compared with low suction high volume that a DC has. Nevertheless worth a try.


Let us know what you decide and if it works well.

Peter.

I don't have the correct picture here at work but this picture is the finished product.

Made up a 4" connection to the top of the table (got the idea from Peter and also posted it), then added into the pipe a Y and blast gate for use on the bottom of the table.

My Bosch GOF1300ACE came with a plastic cover for dust extraction (similair to the Triton one). Used a spare fitting from Triton (the one that screws onto the pipe and has flared open end) and with the help of the hot air gun heated it up and fitted it over the bosch plastic. As it cooled it basically stuck to the bosch. Thats the router end fixed. Then for the other end, used another Triton fitting (screws onto the hose and has the locking wings on the other). Got a 100mm PVC end cap, cut a hole in the middle and 4 little bits around the edge of that hole for the triton fitting. Also need to make the PVC a little thinner around it edge for the triton to turn and lock into place. Used a short peice of 100mm round downpipe to connect the PVC cap to the plastic Y, some silicon and tape and its all done. You could use Peters idea of a peice of MDF instead of the PVC if you like.

This setup works really well. Because the bosch fitting is clear I can see dust that would normally fall onto the floor, getting suck in and away. I find it especially useful when trenching as there is not much to suck up top, but heaps underneath. Thats where I can vary the amount of suction with the blast gate.

I can find some more pictures at home if you like.

Stephen

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Here are a few snaps of fitting the triton hose to the bosch router.

and a few more showing the PVC cap and triton adaptor.

You will notice in the last picture the hose coming forward. Well that was OK until I wanted to remove the base plate from the table top. I needed to have it facing back to make it easy. So just watch the position of it.

As I said earlier, when trenching this setup works great as no more dust falls down onto the floor. Combine that with either my fence extraction or Peters then you've pretty much eliminated your dust from the router table.