I know this sander can be hooked up to a shop vac... will it work with normal vacuums too?
1047945
Yes, but why would you want to fill your house vacuum with saw dust. Small shop vacs are very affordable.
1047946
no likely. you would be really overworking a household vac. you might burn out the motor.
1333789
I do not believe that it will fit your shop vac... This is designed for an ash vac..
530465
It actually does pretty well, but the dust bag is very small and needs frequent emptying....I reckon it depends on how much you do. If you sand indoors a lot, I'd recommend rigging up your shop vac to the bag portal...and you should be just fine. If you've never used this style, the mounting pad actually has several holes in it. The kit comes with a plastic punch die that punctures the sandpaper pad in line with the pad holes. Your vacuum will suck out the dust through these holes.....
196447
DeWALT makes a "universal connector" to connect a shop vac hose, but it's hard to find. I simply taped a 1 1/2 shop vac hose to the shroud using heavy-duty duct tape. It worked fine, and was hanging on tight after I ground 580 sq ft of concrete. Probably would have stayed connected forever if I hadn't cut it off when I was done. I wouldn't bother with the special DeWALT connector, since its so hard to get and costs another $20 or so. Next time I have to use the dust shroud with a vacuum, I will just use some more duct tape!
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Thank you for your question. The Bosch ROS20VSK dust port will accept 35mm hoses without an adapter so the Bosch VAC005 vacuum hose will connect directly to the sander. If you have further questions please feel free to contact our Bosch Customer Service Representatives at 1-877-BOSCH-99 (1-877-267-2499).
464322
Well, it worked with my vacuum. I have an 6 year old Eureka 6992A canister vacuum I used the attachments with. If fact I never intended to use the attachments with my shop vac. I would think that all vacuums has a standard width size connection. Hope this helps.
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It works with a central vacuum. I am not sure that it would work with a shop vac. Maybe as an extension hose only, but then I am not sure the shop vac attachments would work. It should work with any central vac. I have a TruTone central vac and it works great with it. Any issues you would have, would be with the wall outlet. If you need to change the wall outlet, it takes about 5 minutes.
1562447
It works with the attachment hose so as long as your vacuum has a hose it will work and works great!
1751345
Hey Joe, In short, yes. It depends on the exact size of your shop vac's house, obviously (higher powered shop vacs typically have larger diameter houses), but this does come with at least one adapter. If you have a really large hose, you may have to buy a cheap adapter, but this should fit into most hoses no problem. Hope this helps.
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I'll do my best to answer; it's been 2 years since I used it. The vacuum hose attaches to the head of the sander so you can add a longer pole. I have 8' ceilings, so I didn't need an extra long pole. I'm thinking it would work to the length of the suction hose. My sanding head broke at the threaded pole attachment rendering it useless. I quickly ordered the "H.D." model and got back to work. What may happen with a long pole is the torque placed at the head could snap something. That said, I'd try it. You can use over-the-counter drywall screens. I hope this helps.
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Mine came with an adapter, but I found it more trouble than it's worth. It's just a tube that allows you to connect the vacuum hose to it. With the vacuum hose connected, I found it awkward to control the sander. The hose always seemed to catch on the edge of the piece I was sanding and wouldn't allow me to move it in the direction I wanted until I freed the hose again. I much prefer the filtered dust catcher setup. Yeah, it fills up rather quickly, but it pulls off and cleans out easily.
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The vacuum port on the sander is pretty small but the sander comes with a tube that you can put onto the vacuum port that makes it larger. I'm not with the unit at them moment but I'd estimate it at 1-1/2 inch. If that doesn't work, home depot sells an adaptor for Ridgid shop vacs that can fit multiple different sizes of ports and hoses.
1314578
There is an adapter (part # VAC002) that will adapt the sander to standard vacuum hose sizes (1-1/4" & 1-1/2" hoses).
546169
Yes, as long as the shop vac has a circular hose, it will fit either by itself or with the adapter.
1164074
The Sander is not electric,it is a hand sander,only the shop vac you use is powered by electric. However,in my opinion,this unit is the best hand powered sanding system ever made. I personaly own two of them. I use them religiously anytime I need to sand sheetrock without having to worry about sheet rock dust covering everything in the house.
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I have a standard dust collection system, readily attaches to saw, it then hooks to my vacuum system and it works well, as does the saw. You will need the adaptor which has a 4 inch and a 2 inch connection, I utilize the 2 inch as that is the size of my vacuum hose. It keeps the saw dust vacuumed up well.
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There isn't a port for a shop vac. So the answer is no unless you can manage to rig something to the saw to accept a vac hose