I am getting closer to fuguing out the vacuum hook-up to the planer. I have gotten help from the guys here. Thanks guys. What works is to get a vacuum that can be trigger on and off by the planer being turned on and off. Porter cable sells a nice 10 gallon(you can convert in to a 30 gallon by cutting out the bottom and setting on top of a plastic barrel. Take the planer’s cord and use zip ties to secure it to the vacuum hose so you don’t have twice the tangle. Lengthwise along the center of the ceiling secure a plastic coated twisted 1/8 to 1/4 inch wire. Attach the vacuum hose to the planer and calculate how much slack you need in the vacuum hose to hang from the ceiling because you will hang it up high and away to avoid tangling. You do this by attaching an 1/8 inch rope on the hose at about five to six feet from the planer attachment. On the other end of the rope attach a clip ring. This clip ring is then clipped over the twisted wire. Now when you move up and down the board, your vacuum hose will follow, always staying out of your way. The only thing I haven’t figured out is how to keep the slack in the remainding vacuum hose(the peice from the vacuum to the rope) in control. I have heard you can use a bunggie cord etc. I have seen pictures of Japanese shapers using vac attachments but the picture is never good enough to see their entire rig. Someone out their must have a surefire way. Maybe I need to start all over or maybe I am close. Any suggestions? Appreciated.
Steve: I’ve been thinking about this too, after these two boards are done I’m due for some changes in both the glassing and shaping bays. I like the ideas from planer to overhead run you note below. Looking at it from the vaccuum end: 1.vac is out of the way in a corner 2.hose runs up the wall or straight up from it’s location to an eye hook on wall or ceiling 3.bungee to eye hook (this is strain relief) 4. run from here to wire cable run above shaping racks. Everything is overhead and off the floor. What happens when you make all those passes around the racks, isn’t the hose going to start kinking? What are some of the rest of you using? Steve- what are you rigging up to connect hose to the planer? Tom Sterne>>> I am getting closer to fuguing out the vacuum hook-up to the planer. I > have gotten help from the guys here. Thanks guys.>>> What works is to get a vacuum that can be trigger on and off by the planer > being turned on and off. Porter cable sells a nice 10 gallon(you can > convert in to a 30 gallon by cutting out the bottom and setting on top of > a plastic barrel. Take the planer’s cord and use zip ties to secure it to > the vacuum hose so you don’t have twice the tangle. Lengthwise along the > center of the ceiling secure a plastic coated twisted 1/8 to 1/4 inch > wire. Attach the vacuum hose to the planer and calculate how much slack > you need in the vacuum hose to hang from the ceiling because you will hang > it up high and away to avoid tangling.>>> You do this by attaching an 1/8 inch rope on the hose at about five to six > feet from the planer attachment. On the other end of the rope attach a > clip ring. This clip ring is then clipped over the twisted wire.>>> Now when you move up and down the board, your vacuum hose will follow, > always staying out of your way.>>> The only thing I haven’t figured out is how to keep the slack in the > remainding vacuum hose(the peice from the vacuum to the rope) in control. > I have heard you can use a bunggie cord etc. I have seen pictures of > Japanese shapers using vac attachments but the picture is never good > enough to see their entire rig.>>> Someone out their must have a surefire way. Maybe I need to start all over > or maybe I am close.>>> Any suggestions?>>> Appreciated.
Tom, no kinks because the clamp that I forgot to tell you about has a swivel. Also, leave some slack to go from side to side. What kills me is that guys have been using vac sett-ups for years I have never seen a complete one. Ever been in Rusty’s bay–I bet he has a cool set-up. I think Imay have a solution. I’ll post it only after it works. > Steve:>>> I’ve been thinking about this too, after these two boards are done I’m due > for some changes in both the glassing and shaping bays. I like the ideas > from planer to overhead run you note below. Looking at it from the vaccuum > end: 1.vac is out of the way in a corner 2.hose runs up the wall or > straight up from it’s location to an eye hook on wall or ceiling 3.bungee > to eye hook (this is strain relief) 4. run from here to wire cable run > above shaping racks.>>> Everything is overhead and off the floor. What happens when you make all > those passes around the racks, isn’t the hose going to start kinking? What > are some of the rest of you using? Steve- what are you rigging up to > connect hose to the planer?>>> Tom Sterne