Power tool extraction hose - what size do people use?

[shed9]

About to redo my power tool hoses and wanted other opinions on optimum size.

I currently have several 32mm hoses but they are cheap, they kink and are not very flexible. I'm likely to invest in some Festool anti static, but then fell into the 27 or 36mm debate.

What do people typically use in terms of diameter and even length?

All advice appreciated.

 

[Grayo]

I've got a similar problem, all my power tools have different size outlets but what I'm looking for is a universal adapter so that it fits my one hose but connects to all the machines.

 

[carlb40]

About to redo my power tool hoses and wanted other opinions on optimum size.

I currently have several 32mm hoses but they are cheap, they kink and are not very flexible. I'm likely to invest in some Festool anti static, but then fell into the 27 or 36mm debate.

What do people typically use in terms of diameter and even length?

All advice appreciated.

I guess it also depends on how you are connecting to the extractor? Does it have a standard fitment allowing a different hose to be used?

 

[carlb40]

I've got a similar problem, all my power tools have different size outlets but what I'm looking for is a universal adapter so that it fits my one hose but connects to all the machines.

This?
http://www.axminster.co.uk/multiple-ste ... se-adaptor

or ?

http://www.axminster.co.uk/numatic-stepped-hose-reducer

 

[Grayo]

Thanks Carl, I've been looking on the Axminster website tonight. There is another one showing as well as the two you pointed out but I need to measure all the outlets. I might mean I need to get two or three of the same adapter for the different machines.

 

[chippy1970]

I use 27mm for most portable stuff ,the only 36mm hose I use is for my kapex.

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[petermillard]

I use a D36 connected to the workshop vac and a double-ended step-down to D27 for the smaller tools. Standard D27 for the mobile extractors that go out on jobs with me.

 

[shed9]

I guess it also depends on how you are connecting to the extractor? Does it have a standard fitment allowing a different hose to be used?

Sorry, should have mentioned this, the extractor is a DIY affair, a three stage Lamb 1.5kw which vents to the atmosphere one end and on the other a cyclone, a drum and twin gated 40mm waste pipes to the ceiling. Hence I'm connected to a 40mm ceiling point in the centre of the shop so I need to customise the extractor point whatever I use (will run off a couple of Nylon tubes in the lathe if needed). The upside of course is I'm also not limited to hose types or size. I run two hoses with Festool plug-it's inline , one of which has 240v and 110V (I've converted non-Festool tools with the plug-its for convenience)

Tools are predominantly Festool of which the only current candidate for 36mm is an OF1400. However I did wonder if it made sense to use 36mm and have 36mm to 27mm adapters for both hoses (like Peter up there ^).

I did a bit more research last night and there seems to be two camps of thought - some people hate the antistatic as they think they are two stiff, whilst some people swear by them in their capacity to keep clear both inside and outside the hose.

 

[chippy1970]

I've never found the 27mm anti static hose too stiff. When I first got a midi back in 2007 I was surprised how flexible and light the hose was. Before that I had just used a Henry vac so it was a big difference.

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[Grahamshed]

I regard the way that all manufacturers use different size ( or even shape) of extraction ports to be a major health hazard in the workshop.
I have a 63mm ducting and tubing set up to my cam vac but have to cobble together one lot of fitting for the static machinery and another lot incorporating a more standard vacuum hose to the portable tools but connecting to each one needs a different 'cobble'

Axminster multi size adaptors are mostly useless as the sizes don't fir anything much but they have just introduced a different one supplied by Mirka. I have just got one and it looks MUCH better in the way it should fit the 63mm or cut down for the other sizes.