dust collection hose connector??

[Jesse Tutterrow]

I use 4" flexible hose to connect to machines that are in the middle of my shop. Currently I have a friction fit connector on the hose. Unfortunately, sometimes the hose will slip off without me realizing it.

I did an Internet search and came up with a product called FAZLOK from woodworkers supply.

Has anyone used this product?

Does anyone know of a 4" version?

[Ron Natalie]

Rockler has some sort of fast hose connector thingy that comes in 4". I just ordered some, should be here on Friday. I can report back.
Oh hell, I just orderd the 2 1/2 and 4" fazloks, I'll see how they work in comparison next week.

[Ole Anderson]

I went with the Rockler DustRight quick connect fittings, I like them.

[Tom Hartranft]

Jesse,

I have used Fazlok 4" Quick Disconnect (QD) fittings with 4" flex hose for about 5 years. During those 5 years, I had a female 4" Fazlok at the outlet of my 1-1/2 hp Jet DC 1100-C dust collector and adapted 4" Fazlok female fittings to the dust outlets of my table saw, combo sander, radial arm saw, and band saw. Then I put male Fazlok fittings at each end of a ~15' length of 4" flex hose so I could quickly move from one machine to another. I like the J-slot locking feature of the Fazlok fittings. I tired of having to drag the 4" flex hose from one machine to another and wanted increased suction flow from my machines so I recently upgraded my dust collection to 6" S&D PVC main trunk lines along my ceiling with 6" drops down to each machine and individual machine blast gates. http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthr...lapsed&sb=5&o=


In my dust collection upgrade, I also included an extra vertical drop on each of the four shop walls so I can still use the 4" Fazlok QDs and 4" flex hose to clean up the shop floor and tops of my worktable, etc. Here then are some photos I just took to help you see how Fazlok fittings are used by me.


Tom

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Here is the 15' of 4" flex hose with a male Fazlok at each end ... attached with a 4" hose clamp over the Fazlok fitting.




Here is the 4" flex hose coupled up to one of my new drops that has a 4" female Fazlok fitting ... for floor cleaning, etc. First photo is from a distance; next photo is close up.







Last photo shows how a 4" Fazlok female fitting slips over the plastic nipple of standard 4" dust collection fittings available from most any woodworking store. So there is no adapting or manipulating needed to join the Fazlok female fitting to such a 4" dust fitting.

[Neil Brooks]

I'm always hesitant to offer "non-answer" replies, but ....

After playing with a couple of different quick-release clamps, I just stuck a 5/16" (or whatever it is) nutrunner on my tool belt ... always on, when I'm in the shop, and where my DC remote lives, anyway ... and went back to old fashioned hose clamps.

I no longer even notice the few seconds of tighten/loosen.

As you were ....

[Mike Heidrick]

A wrap or too of electrical or gorilla tape really improved my friction fit connections.

[Neil Brooks]

A wrap or too of electrical or gorilla tape really improved my friction fit connections.

Too Much Information

[joe milana]

I'm always hesitant to offer "non-answer" replies, but ....

After playing with a couple of different quick-release clamps, I just stuck a 5/16" (or whatever it is) nutrunner on my tool belt ... always on, when I'm in the shop, and where my DC remote lives, anyway ... and went back to old fashioned hose clamps.

I no longer even notice the few seconds of tighten/loosen.

As you were ....

Hey Neil, If you ever loose that nutrunner, you could try these...
thumb screw clamp.jpg
Not the most "elegant" solution, but they work. Even after you drop them. +1 on the Gorilla tape wrap.

[Neil Brooks]

Joe-

Yeah. Got some of those.

Got some of the "squeeze-to-release" variety, too:



Just ... fell out of love with them. I relegated them to locations where they don't get removed/re-installed. I think I couldn't get them as tight as I needed, to keep my quick connect on, consistently.

[Anthony Whitesell]

I was headed down the same path as Tom but stopped. I have a 1 1/2HP single stage but knew I needed more and more was going to require 6" duct. I like the twist lock function of the fazlok and wonder if it would be possible to make a fazlok from 6" S&D pipe. Once or when I get my cyclone setup and the new duct work run, I'll give it a try. Unless someone else beats me to it.

[Ed Edwards]

Catalog Number	Description	Brand	Model	OnHand	Unit	Pricing
146-351	FAZLOK 2 1/2" MALE QD DUST FITTING	Platte River	146351	10+	EA	$ 8.49
146-354	FAZLOK 2 1/2" FEMALE DUST FITTING	Platte River	146354	10+	EA	$ 8.49
962-297	FAZLOK 2-1/2" 4-PIECE STARTER SET Includes Brand Model 146-351 FAZLOK 2 1/2" MALE QD DUST FITTING 2 Platte River 146351 146-354 FAZLOK 2 1/2" FEMALE DUST FITTING 2 Platte River 146354	Woodtek USA		10+	SET	$ 26.99
121-595 (121-959)	FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT MALE	Platte River	121595	10+	EA	$ 11.99
121-598	FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT FEMALE	Platte River	121598	10+	EA	$ 11.99
960-805	FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT KIT Includes Brand Model 121-595 FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT MALE 2 Platte River 121595 121-598 FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT FEMALE 2 Platte River 121598	Woodtek USA		10+	SET	$ 30.99