[HalfRhoVSquared]

Where to buy 4" dust collector hose locally? I tried Home Depot- no luck.

Also, ideas for a 4" shoe that attaches to my spindle and is tight/compact so that it doesn't hit the sides of my parts when I do 3D molds and such?

[HelicopterJohn]

Hi,

You can get some nice 4" Dust Collection Hose at Harbor Freight. My friend just picked up some for his Shopbot PRT 48 X 96 Router this week. Harbor Freight was out of the 4" hose connectors. You can pick up the 4" hose connectors at Home Depot. I think he purchased the ones for a dryer vent. Had to modify them a little bit. Here is a link to a video I made on my Shopbot Electronics conversion. It shows the 4" Dust Shoe I made for my router. It works perfect i.e. NO DUST. I cut the vacuum chamber out of multiple pieces of Plexiglas. They bolt together and magnets hold the actual dust shoe to the vacuum chamber. I made the actual brush 4" in diameter of different lengths i.e. 1 1/2" and 3". They can be easily removed during tool changes for ease of access to the router bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WQ8KcTSKyQ

Hope this was of some help.

John

[ger21]

You can get hose at Rockler or Woodcraft if you have one near you.

[HalfRhoVSquared]

Thanks for the ideas. I didn't know HF carried just the hose and thought they only had a hose kit. Guess they do which is good.

Still interested in ideas for a tight shoe that won't get hung up on the sides of stuff I'm routing?