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Re: vacuum systems

To: Richard George <rkg@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: vacuum systems
From: Jim Van Hooser <jvanho01@tir.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 05:59:00 -0400
When I built my system using the galvanized sprial pipe I had no problem
with the oddball sizes as the place I got the pipe from made up
transistions to my specs.  They also had "Y's" and other configurations as
needed.

Jim V.

At 07:27 PM 8/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I forwarded the vacuum system emails to a pal of mine - she sent this
>back...
>
>A reply you might want to forward......
>
>Ron and I just put in a faily extensive dust system, based off a Jet
>dust
>collector.  We ran the GND wire through - it's cheap and easy
>insurance.  We
>just closed all the blast gates but the one the copper wire was to go up
>and
>attached a wad of paper towel to the end of it.  The Jet is strong
>enought to
>suck the wire through the system - just be careful that it doesn't get
>caught
>in the Jet's fan.
>
>As far as having a large selection of fittings - that's a big
>misconception.
>We had a heck of a time getting the fittings to go between vacuum
>systems and
>tools.  Tools with 4 inch dust ports were no problem, but our bench
>sander
>has 1 1/4" connection and our cross-cut saw has a 1 1/2" connection.  We
>have
>a disk sander that has a 2 1/2" connector.  We ended up using an
>interesting
>variety of PVC pipe and fittings, dust system fittings, and duct tape to
>make
>it all fit together!  Also, connectors from one brand system do not
>generally
>interconnect with anothers!
>
>        -----Original Message-----
>        From:   Richard George [SMTP:rkg@teleport.com]
>        Sent:   Thursday, August 13, 1998 7:43 AM
>        To:     stanleyc@sequent.com
>        Subject:        [Fwd: Vacuum systems]
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