ROS dust collection hose
I purchased a new ROS about two weeks ago, as my old palm sander is on its last legs. After a lot of deliberation, I settled on the Milwaukee 6021-21, and I have to say so far it’s been great . Last weekend I spent a few hours in the shop, and made the adapter shown below, to connect the it to my Shop-vac. The total cost of the project was around $25; $20 of that being for the pool vacuum hose.
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- A 2-1/2″ to 1-1/4″ reducer that fits onto then end of a standard Shop-vac hose.
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- A section of cheap 1-1/4″ pool vacuum hose, cut to roughly 12 feet in length.
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- The stock end of the hose, fits snugly over the small end of the reducer.
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- A custom adapter turned from alluminum. The end that fits into the sander has a 1 degree taper.
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- The strait end of the adapter fits snuggly into the cut-off end of the hose. For a permanent bond I used a dab of 30 minute epoxy.
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- Hooked up and ready to sand.
