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General Category => Ask Steve a question. => Topic started by: Buey1 on September 21, 2016, 08:57:46 am
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Steve, thanks for your report and video on the Scrollnado. For of us who do not have a central dust collection system, do you know if the Scrollnado will work with a shop vac. What CFM would be required to adequately make it effective, adaptors. etc.? This would be a great economical solution for many of us scrollers who would greatly benefit from such a system.
Buey
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In the video it shows it is designed for use with a shop vac.
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Hi Buey, the Scrollnado can use any shop vac but it needs to have either a 1 1/4" hose or a hose reducer. This is one of the smaller hoses and not standard on most full size shop vacs.
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Hello there, after watching the scrollnado video I decided to buy one. While I do not have a DeWalt but I do have the Delta so it's still a good fit. The problem I do have with it with the Delta is the bottom tube will occasionally suck up a small piece from a cut but the connection of the two tubes is slightly smaller and it will get stuck at the junction and reduce the suction from the blade end. I land up having to disassemble the saw to remove the small piece of wood. Any ideas on what you could use for a screen without obstructing the air flow?
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piece of nylon sock (hose) or mesh stretched over the end of the vacuum hose.
Rog
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Hmmm, yeah that should work
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piece of nylon sock (hose) or mesh stretched over the end of the vacuum hose.
Rog
Well I thought about that and come up with a different solution. The tubing that comes with the kit is pretty soft so I poked a round toothpick through the hose close to the end. Not a very elegant solution but it keeps more of the smaller cuttings from entering the hose and plugging it up.