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  1. #1
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    Default What type of hose?

    This is my first post, so I would like to say hello to shopbot land!

    Also, does anyone have a link to a site with some good hoses to use to attach to the dust skirt thingy? I have been searching, but to no avail.

    Thanks in advance!

    -Mark

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    Default do you mean a dust collector thing ?

    These usually attach to the Shopbot thingy in some fashion.

    Here or maybe Sears...

    http://www.grizzly.com/products/sear...ollector&new=1
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    Default Vac Hose

    Mark,

    Curtiss has the right idea. I just received a flyer with an order from Grizzly and they had a great deal on vac hose. I will get the part numbers and prices when I get to the shop in the morning.

    Wayne

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    I hate to say this but when I first set up my PRS I bought a 25 foot length of 4 inch dryer hose from Home Depot to get me up and running till I found a good replacement. That was over a year ago and I am still using it and it still is in like new shape. One nice thing about it is I cut lots of pvc and I get no static off it like my other hose had.

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    I think I am just going to be using a rigged up shop vac at the start....just to see how well it removes the dust.

    I might go with the hose from home depot...how do I wrap the wire around it to make sure it gets rid of the static?

    Thanks everyone!

    -Mark

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    Here are a couple of places....

    http://www.wynnenv.com/

    http://www.airhand.com/

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    The hose I got is aluminum so there is no need to run an extra wire. You may want to build a Thien separator and put it before your shopvac. thet are real easy to build and mine works really great. I hardly get anything in my dust collector bag.

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    Default vac hose

    Mark,

    The hose I mentioned is on a summer close out...

    3" x 10' T23064 $4.95
    4" x 10' T21346 $5.95
    5" x 10' T23065 $6.95

    While supplies lasts!!!

    I just went on line and only the 6" is available. You might call them!?

    Good Luck

    Wayne

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    Default grounding

    You will want a bare copper wire, usually stranded (not solid) "inside the hose" to handle static. (From the dust foot to the vacuum)

    It will have to exit at the vac unit and be tied into a good ground in some manner.

    A typical light duty shopvac will wear out pretty quickly if run for hours...

    You might find a vacuum on Craigslist.
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    I have a harbor freight 1 hp portable unit with a Thien separator that I made hooked up to my old PR . Works good

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