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Found out my Festool dust extractor was way underpowered for my router

I was getting so much dust blowing past my router table fence last month that I figured the extractor was just junk. Turns out I was running it with the wrong hose diameter the whole time. I found a spec sheet on Festool's site that showed the flow rate drops by 40% if you use a 36mm hose instead of the 27mm one with certain tools. Checked my setup and sure enough I had the wrong size. Has anyone else missed little stuff like that on their dust collection gear?

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patriciap5229d ago

Hell yeah, I've been there. It's frustrating when you think your gear is junk and it's just a dumb little setup thing. So you had the bigger hose on there? That's wild that a bigger opening actually chokes the flow that bad. Did you notice if the dust extractor was making a different sound with the wrong hose, like it was struggling or something? I'm wondering now if I should check my own setup, I just grabbed whatever hose fit.

piper_reed28d agoMost Upvoted

Bet your dust extractor was singing a sad song right before you fixed it.