Does Festool sell a vac hose with a power cord made into the hose?
If not, what is the best way to bundle the two together?
Anybody ever tried a nylon sleve?
Thanks,
Rob
Does Festool sell a vac hose with a power cord made into the hose?
If not, what is the best way to bundle the two together?
Anybody ever tried a nylon sleve?
Thanks,
Rob
Not in the USA. Underwriters Lab won't allow the cord to be in the vacuum hose. I bought a package of small velcro strips at home depot and just attached the cord to the hose with velcro strips. Good luck.
You can buy hose clips hose_clip.jpg from Fein. Coastal Tool sells them http://coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftC...8ca+1207432155
Greg
here's what i did, i got the idea from a posting on the festool owner's group. the sleeve is woven plastic and is used to manage cables. the brand is Gorilla Sleeve.
Rob,
Seeing as the plugit cord fits everything but the large routers,
but the large router plugit does fit every thing....
I just zip tied the 1400 plugit to the hose.
Per
"all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T.E. Lawrence
Ditto on Per's response. All my cords except one is still in the box.
I just used nylon ties to attach the power cord to the vac hose. Wish the TS-55 used the same cord as all the other Festool tools I have.
“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist." - Louis Nizer
I''m using the velcro strips from the depot as my vac gets used with festool, bosch, makita and PC tools and the festool cords definitely don't fit other brands.
I find these velcro straps work well with Festool hose and cord. They're also handy around the shop for other uses too. I got mine at Officemax
I posted that on the Festool owners group been using it 2 years works great and unlike Festool's hose that runs the power cord in the inside I don't loose hose diameter and it protects the hose and makes it slid better over the guides. Here are all the details:
http://www.forcemachinery.com/festoolmods.htm
Last edited by jason lambert; 04-05-2008 at 5:25 PM. Reason: I can't spell
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I think I saw on the Festool forum that a cut up innertube--make little donuts--works well for this...