Shop-Vac support/holding arm?

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Oftentimes, when I do work that produces dust and such, I wish that there was a support arm that could be attached to some base and that would hold shop vac's hose near the workpiece. I have looked, but have not found anything. Any practical suggestions?

The main reason for looking for it now is that I tried using my air sander to remove powdercoating from a small UPS and I want to give sanding my big UPS cabinet a shot. I would like, though, a vacuum hose to suck at least some dust from the sanding process.

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Grant Erwin · Accepted Answer

Didn't I see a small kid in one of your pictures? :-)Google on "dust extractors" or "fume extractors". Wear diapers.GWEIgnoramus12015 wrote:

Ignoramus12015 · Answer

He is afraid of anything that makes noises.My son is a great dust extractor as far as dust on the floor isconcerned... He extracts it and accumulates on his clothing.i

Rex B · Answer

I would think you could cobble something up in about 15 minutes to do that. The base and upright from a floor lamp, a sliding clamp with an arm, ring at the end of arm for the vac hose.....

Jon Danniken · Answer

Buy him a set of sound deadening earmuffs and play airplane pilot with him?Jon

Al A. · Answer

How about a flex arm from a desk lamp? Clamp to the workpiece or on asuitably heavy base. I've seen soldering fume extractors that arebasically the same thing.

Ignoramus12015 · Answer

The hose is too heavy for those gooseneck lamps.I think that indeed, I will make something out of wood clamps and somemetal pieces.i

grumtac · Answer

Kind of like this ?'ve  had one of these. It is really made for a dust collector with 4"hose, but a good shop vac should suffice/ You can take it and place itfor example, behind a pneumatic Drum and let it pick up the stuff thatwants to fly in the air.Chris L

grumtac · Answer

Sorry,I didn't include WHERE it was available..... L

Doug White · Answer

Keywords: I built one using a combination of parts from a couple sources.  You'll need a set of Loc-Line vacuum hose fittings (Woodcraft Supply sells them, as do other places).  That's a start, but you still need a way to hang onto it.  I use a gooseneck from ShopSmith, their Utility Vacuum Extension, #555582.  This has a small mounting plate that I've bolted to my mill (one on each side actually), and the gooseneck slips on to the plate.  You could just use the ShopSmith widget to start, but I like the added reach & the pointy nozzle from Loc-Line.  The hardware isn't exactly cheap, but it works great.Doug White

steamer · Answer

--IIRC there's something on sale in the Woodcraft catalog. Lotsa this sort of thing on the woodworking side..

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