Dust collection adapters shop vac to PVC made fast on the table saw
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- How to make adapters from 2" PVC pipe. These are great for shop vac dust collection or anything else. If you've ever wanted to use 2" PVC with your shop vac you will probably have to make your own adapters because there isn't one to purchase that I know of. If there is one it will most likely cost an arm and maybe a leg too. There are many ways to integrate PVC into your wet dry shop vac setup such as using a heat gun to manipulate some PVC into an adapter or even just simply using tape or something more primitive to attach the different fittings. The method I share in this video is nice because you can repeatedly make a perfect adapters in a short time and dry fit the parts to build a system that can be changed and reconfigured at will.
There are a few precautions that must be taken in order to do this operation safely. You must be fully aware of the blade height at all times. I do this by counting the revolutions and this will vary depending on your saw. You must also apply downward pressure on the pipe as the blade furthers the cut or the pipe could possibly move in an unwanted direction. You need to dial in the amount to remove and be sure to lower the blade before moving the fence for adjustments. It works best to only remove 1/8" of material at a time. If you try to remove more than this the blade may bind and not only will the cut not be smooth or straight but also some bad sh*t could happen. This operation is not recommended for beginners on the table saw. If you are not comfortable with this operation it would be best to have someone who is to make these adapters for you. This operation is probably not going to get approval by the safety police and I fully expect a few of them to dislike this video and red flag the concept.
Making the plug with the carriage bolt to spin the piece of pipe with the cordless drill definitely sped up the process and keeps your hands further from the blade. I recommend this method but it is "critical" that the bolt is centered when attached to the plug so the pipe spins properly balanced.
I also wanted to mention the easiest way to cut the hole of coarse would be with a big drill bit or a hole saw. Possibly a 2 3/8" if the pipe fit's tightly. I didn't have a 2 3/8" hole saw and my largest Forstner bit is 2 1/8". It is much easier to sneak up on the circle with a spindle sander and that is how I would prefer to have done it but I thought it would be more helpful to show that it could be done with only a jigsaw. That hole took a few minutes to make!
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Let me know if you liked the dolly zoom shot at the end? First time doing one. It took several tries but I thought it turned out pretty cool. :)
Slow and Expensive it looked dope! Keep it up, great idea btw...it got my wheels turning, I’ll be adding this to my shop
Thanks man! Much appreciated
Are you backing up the camera while zooming in at end? Background came into focus...cool
I'm rolling the camera forward while turning the zoom back. It's was difficult to get both the rolling and then zoom twist smooth at the same time along with the auto focus staying locked on but a couple of the "many" attempts turned out pretty good. Thanks
Slow and Expensive that was really cool! I was going to message you asking how you pulled that off. Awesome!!
I like you style! You made me smile at the end, when your were saying “make it rain! I’m following you because I like your style and killer positive attitude and I look forward to seeing you more 👍
Thanks Mark! I appreciate the support :)
What a great way to solve our perennial problem of pipes never quite matching with dust collection. Your method is SAFE, accurate and repeatable. Great problem solving.
Thank you Philip! I appreciate the comment :)
Also it might help to tilt the blade slightly, because vacuum hose fittings have a taper, so having at least some taper might be helpful? I'm interested to see how this could be done on a radial arm saw haha.
Another option for pvc is a heat gun. Heat up the pvc until it is soft, then you can push it into the shop vac fitting. Once it cools, you can pull it back out and it will stay conformed to the shop vac fitting.
I had a bunch of great quality attachments from a dead Dyson vacuum that I did the heat gun trick. Just needed to pick up the Ridgid orange hose to make it work.
I’m in the process of building my shop dust collection system myself. This will surely come in handy. Thanks so much! Great spirit!
Thanks for watching! More on the way :)
Absolute genius!! I’m redoing some of my sawdust collection and this is perfect for my needs. I really appreciate such a down to earth way of making these adaptors. Heading to the shop soon to make your jig.
Many thanks
Thanks Phil! Running the jig with the blade tilted 1 degree adds a nice taper that makes an even better fit.
This is a great tip video!
While watching this video I was already seeing a "better way" by cutting them to 5" and doing both ends and then cutting them in half to length. This way I'd have more to grip (above the fence) while turning.
But then... you whipped out the cordless drill idea and BOOM! Mind blown! Clearly, I didn't know who I was dealing with - lol. What a game changer. Genius idea brother!
Thanks Tee Jay!
Just came across your adapter from 2" PVC...AWESOME. Just what I've needed as commercially made adapters aren't cheap.Well done and thanks!!!!
Awesome, thank you!
It never ceases to amaze me seeing the imagination some of you guys have, very impressive.
Thank you!
Wow! This was great! TH-cam popped you into my suggested feed and by gosh.. they DO know what I like! Greatly enjoy your presentation, editing, and of course the project. SUBBED!!!
Thanks Green Acre! I really appreciate it :)
Definitely agree with the use of PVC fittings as alternative to the over priced vacuum fitting. I have to say though that this is the most intricate alternative to a lathe I've ever seen. The PVC turns/machines very nicely with basic tools.
A breakthrough in low technology :)
That's a pretty incredible little jig you made an awesome idea. Thank you for your thoughts and your video. Well-documented and instructed how to do
Thanks Jeff!
Tony, this is a bright exmple of thinking outside the box. I'm totally impressed by the drill rotation improvement
Hey Alberto! Thank you
And not only this, but many other things can be easily done with a drill, thanks to its ability to turn slowly. I often use my hand drill to spin a small part while using a Dremel or a sander to perform some cut or sanding. The drill keeps the part centered and turns it to achieve an uniform material removal!
Probably one of the best tips I’ve seen in quite a while. Awesome job!
Thanks John! Best comment ever award! :)
Very precise and safe way to mill your own reducers out of PVC, Thanks for Sharing 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Thanks John!
Well done. Smiling all the way! Good close-up.
Thanks for watching!
What else... kickass!, I love this tool. As soon as I get around to it, I’m getting back into finishing my workshop. Thanks my friend.
Thanks for watching!
Super job Tony. Excellent 'how to' and really entertaining vid. I liked the round-the-table shot at two minutes forty-ish but I don't think I'd have noticed the dolly zoom if you hadn't mentioned it. Oh well, that shows what a philistine I am. Good job mate, thanks for all the effort you put into your vids.
Thank you very much Mark! I really appreciate it.
I do this kind of pipe reduction all time. I just us my wire wheel that’s on the other end of my 6” grinder. It is very fast, but not as perfect as using a table saw as a lathe type result.
That sounds like another way to do it! :)
Such a Great idea on making the fittings. A slight degree of tilt in the table saw blade and you can make tapered fitting connections for a snug fit with some range.
Now I’m thinking this could be useful for tapering round wooden legs to be but into holes for chair leg joinery.
Interesting thought! I've not tried any tilted cuts.
Loved your creativity and practical solutions. Great idea seeing your version of dust collection for individual tools in the back ground. 👍👍👍
Thank you! I appreciate it.
What a great idea with that jig. Fantastic!
I've been wanting to make a stacked dust separator using a shop vac so I'll give these a try. Thanks.
On a side note I've used the drill method for cleaning the end of copper pipe before soldering by running a bolt through the cleaner. First time I did it I burned the hell out of my thumb, forgot about friction. Lol, lesson learned...
Thanks Bob! :)
Bob O'Connor I’ve just made one of the best stacked dust collector builds I’ve seen and is works a treat 👍😎🇦🇺
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Great idea!! I have a lathe and have had to make custom adapters and did some for under the house. Cool camera work. Sah-weet video!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks David! Much appreciated :)
Sir , you make the best videos ever . You talk at a great pace and show your work with detailed video and pictures .
Thank you so much!
I love how I’m geeking out over you geeking over dust
Thanks for watching :)
Very clever and worth it if you are running a lot of shop vacs as you do.
One suggestion: sharp 90 degree bends cut airflow by some amount. I would try a longer radius 90 degree sweep elbow and see what effect it has.
Thanks Jim! The sweep is always a great option. I usually choose the small form factor of the street 90's to try to keep things tight and close to the vac. It would be neat to do an airflow test somehow :)
Shop Vac fittings are tapered to give a seal when they are seated. Tilt the blade 1* and do everything else the same. They won't pull out or vibrate out when in use and the little twist at the end makes it secure.Good video and Good Luck!
Thanks Randell! You can taper the fittings slightly when you sand them too, although I'm getting a pretty tight fit without any tapering.
@@SlowandExpensive can it be air tight if its not water tight? it would be cool to test it. i guess it doesnt matter too much.
So much fun when an idea works. Great tip, great problem solving, and great video skills.
Thank you tues boomer! Much appreciated :)
Hey Slow and Expensive, thanks for taking the time and effort to make this excellent video tutorial on making adapters from PVC pipe to fit the Rigid shop vacs.
Thank you!
Great idea, well presented, thank you. My suggestion to make it a little easier to do by hand is to machine the recess in the end of a longer tube then cut it off to required length.
Thank you! Good idea
Great video. You could also do it on a router table with just the fence and a stop block. Use longer pieces then trim to length. You would get better precision.
Thanks Steve! The router table will work too. Some of my commenters recommended tilting the blade on the table saw to create a slight taper and I have found 1 degree to be the sweet spot for the perfect fit if you do make this jig. This makes for a perfect fit every time with some tolerances. Something to consider when working out the router table version. Be sure to check out the next video in the series and if you just need a few adapters you can always get them from me. B3G1F Links in the description :)
Great idea! Clever solution. The shot at the end was cool(of the couplers stacked on the bench)
Dave! Thanks man! That was the dolly zoom. It took me several tries but I finally got it. A little tricky to manually get both actions smooth at the same time but a couple of the takes turned out nice.
I love your enthusiasm and camera work
Thank you!
This is called "Imagineering." Too bad the dust collection industry cant standardize dimensions. I have used my lathe, though your solution has some advantages over the lathe. I will build a jig like yours, however, I will drill the hole with a Forstner bit. Think outside the box. Great Idea!
Thanks Tom!
Imagineering love that word
I just stumbled across your video and immediately thought of using my lathe as well. Good idea. Just subscribed and going to check out your other videos.
Seems as though using a very small angle to the blade, 3-4°, may help the friction fit seal, if done correctly. Extra taper may help account for variance in different manufacturers and stretching or contraction from wear or temperature. To much may result in lack of sealing surface though...
Will be trying in the coming weeks myself. Will report back if I recall too.
For that final touch, spray some slightly diluted acetone on the rough cut. It will soften the PVC a bit and as it dries out it should leave a very smooth finish. (or if you have it, you can use PVC primer and let it dry)
Well that was a fantastic creative video on how to make a 2" inch PVC pipe fit your shop vac! Now I have to scour TH-cam for DIY Shop Dust Collection Setups! I thought I had to go thru life hooking up my vacuum cleaner to each one of my shop equipment that throws up dust and debris. Thanks for enlightening me to the next level of dust free efficiency!
Thanks Tuck! This was the first in a series on shop vac dust collection. More ideas on the way including set ups on table saw, miter saw, drill press, dust collection cart and more. Thanks for watching! :)
First and foremost, thank you for demonstrating your crafting with affordable tools. VERY useful idea and subscribed.
Thanks Michael!
Some one who knows how to edit themselves and great pictures.
Thank you!
When you said "Look at that", it was a Bob Ross moment.
Thanks for watching!
Very clever, I like your shop ingenuity and kind enough to share. Great job!
Thank you! There will be more
You are the Dust Sensei. I appreciate your quality videos and education!! Extremely helpful. I bought a Ridgid shop vac and so far very happy. thanks.
All that work just heat up and shrink just bottom half bam,done!!
Table saw vs. heat gun challenge video! :)
exactly what i thought... damm this guy knows how to make more work for himself
Would that not also reduce the inner diameter of the pipe, constricting flow?
@@walthodgson5780 It would restrict flow a bit but this is a shop vac not the air supply on the space shuttle.
Great tip and jig. Just trying to figure out why so many shop vacs for dust collection. With what you have invested in shop vacs you could have bought a shop fox dust collector and plumed it with pvc
Thanks Butch! It looks like a bigger investment that it really is.
If you mean the system I think you do, that's several thousand dollars! You can buy 5 gallon shop vacs $49.95 all day long!
Great idea. I have a bunch of stationary and hand power tools with different sized dust ports. I have a ryobi battery rolling vacuum. No one seemed to make all the adapters I needed so I finally figured out to use the rubber pipe adapters that have metal bands you tighten around each end. Was able to order all the different sized ones I needed off Amazon and weren't expensive. They work great!
Thanks!
A very clever way of using a table saw as a lathe. Well Done!
Thank you!
Awesome idea and execution. Too bad shop vac manufacturers don't make their fittings according to PVC pipe standards.
Thanks Guy! I appreciate it
Don't only that; they make EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT to make their vacuum UN-Compatible with every other Brand too. I've a DeWalt that I cannot connect easily even with some of their own tools!
Thanks for the video, I'm currently setting up my shop and this is a huge help for dust collection.
Nice! Hope you enjoy the entire series. The second video is up too. th-cam.com/video/CEouFGfZzEg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching!
I just made one of those adapters. It was pretty easy using your instructions. With that adapter, 3 elbows and 2 ends as shown in your short hose video, I shortened the hose to my Dust Deputy cyclone by about 3 feet.
Very cool! Thank you. I'm always glad to hear the videos are helpful.
Using a2 ft piece long is easier just cut to length after turning each piece unless you use the drill method
Randy Wells brilliant suggestion rw
So, are you going to sell these? Lol
I would buy half a dozen!
Didn't plan on it but maybe! :)
Kudos by the way. My dad had a cabinet shop so I grew up in it. I thought I had seen every jig known to man and have built many myself as well. Never would have come up with your solution even if my life depended on it. Lol You are one savvy guy or you have no life and live in the shop!🙏🙏🙏
Thanks!
Hey Hagen! They are available if you still need some. Thanks :)
This was a great video when I first saw it, some years ago. It's still a great video because I can't find my adaptor for my Ridgid 12" sliding compound miter saw. So glad I found it again!!
That is a great jig, Tony. Thank you.
Hey Chippy! Thank you. I hoped this idea would be a helpful one.
If you have that much invested in tools then you probably have a lathe. No jig to build. No trying to get a round hole with a jig saw.
Tom Zorba true but I think this was to show it can be done by people that don’t have a lathe.
...I don't have a lathe.
...I DO have a lot if dust.
Hate to rain in your parade, there is a fitting called a pipe extender, will save you from having to manufacture the fitting. They cost about $3.00
Sounds too good to be true!
The name of the channel is slow and expensive.
Yeah but the sizes are less than 2 inch. And besides this idea can be adopted for different project. So don't be a cloud on a sunny day.
@@tonmage29
I have seen the pipe extenders up to 4", used many times. Don't know if plumbing supply houses stock them- know pool supply companies do though..
Just makes me so happy I have a lathe to do stuff like this lol
Great video of an excellent idea. I particularly appreciate your attention to detail. The PVC cut was a beautiful thing to see.
Thank you!
Love the tablesaw, have the same. Your setup is what I've been looking for.
Thanks Daryl! It's the dream boat of table saw arrangements for sure. Detailed video coming soon.
I been trying to get this done for 10 yrs. now. It reached the level of a short story. Trifling. Haven’t been able to stay put long enough to put a shop together. Maybe this year- 2020. Your stuff is cool. Over used word for sure, except for you. Thanks, yah I subbed.
Thank you!
what a great method for trimming the outside of the pipe! this gives me an idea for using the same concept with a router table when the inside diameter of a pipe needs to be increased. great video. thanks for sharing!
Excellent! Thanks for watching! :)
Very cool idea, neat way to make diy dust collection at home
Ingenious! I like how you think! A very creative and easy solution to a problem we all face with any dust collection system. The tool manufacturers really need to get on the same page and make tool ports all the same. It's just another way they force us to either buy adapters like Rockler's tool adaption hose kit or go to the drawing board and create our own adapters. In this case, your solution which I just may have to try myself! I currently use a big garage wall type of vac for all my tools and it works great for my handheld power tools, but not so much for my larger tools. I have a large Rigid shop vac in my basement that is practically brand new that may get added to the system until I can get a 2 or 3 hp DC. My only dislike of using either is the noise they make. The spring project of 2021 is to build a DC "closet" off the back of the shop. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank you!
Pure Genius. Thank you. I never thought to use my table saw like this. I made drill rig like yours, thinking i was original and really making an annoying dusty mess because I would use sand paper for the adjustment. Now I know better, thanks again.
Thanks! I'm glad that it helped
Thanks for the great video and tips Tony.
Thanks for watching Mark! There's more on the channel and more on the way! :)
Brilliant, idea, clear instructions, great video job! Thank you!
Thank you very much! :)
Now that is an outside the box way of turning a cylinder without a lathe, thanks for innovating!
Thank you!
Brilliant!! Very slick! Thanks for sharing.
LOVED it!! Your editing is beautiful man and what a cool little jig...with another really cool jig to go with it!!!
Thanks Rob! I appreciate it :)
Perfect craftsmanship! I used to have a lot of troubles when trying to fit home depot pipes using cutting approaches, until I got a cheap 3D printer. It prints precisely accurate adapters with different angles, different sizes, and with flanges. It can also make flexible parts with elastic filaments. That said, it is so entertaining to watch what you are doing.
Thanks Shawn! The 3D printer sounds like a great method for sure :)
What a genius, genius at work. some peoplw have all the brains...thx man for the upload of your fantastic idea
Thank you!
Thank you so much man! I needed this idea, building a new shop as we speak. ThankU
Thanks for watching! This was the first in the series and there's more on the way.
Very nice. Luv your idea to incorporate the cordless drill to speed up the process!!
Thank you!
Thank you, problem solved and pretty easy. Took my time making the jig and still got it a bit oversize. Simple fix, used some packing tape inside the opening and it not only tightened the fit, the smooth tape made the PVC turn very easy. Counting the turns to raise the blade is genius. Actually, this idea is ingenious.
Perfect!
Thank you... I have messed with this for years, I now have a small metal lathe that I think might work well... not having to build the jig.
Thanks for watching! You may like the rest of the series too :)
Brilliant. Nice work man! Would love to see what other creative Jigs you've made!
Thanks man!
That is genius wow that's going save time for me now didn't think of doing that thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Andrew!
I like this very much. Great idea and clever little jig👍
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun share :)
I really wish I had seen this video yesterday! I spent over 3 hours between Home Depot, Rona and Lowe's trying to find something that would fit my ridgid shop vac and my dewalt table saw. Ended up paying over $25 for flexible couplings, when I could have bought a pvc pipe and made this jig! Well, at least I know now. Thanks, you are awesome!
Maybe you can take the flexible couplings back. They take anything back no days! I just uploaded the second video in this series and it's all about the hoses. There's a few cool ideas in that one too! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment :)
Your are correct. Definitely some OTB Thinking going on over there. I never would have thought of holding the piece vertically. definitely more stable than the way I do it. Now I gotta do one like that. great idea Tony.
Thanks Russ! I thought you'd appreciate this one. I'll be keeping an eye out for your copy cat version! :)
never give a guy a break :>) You won't get upset if I improve it? It's like the first lie … there's always one better :>)
Of coarse not. Improve away! :)
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!!
Awesome! Thanks for watching :) More on the way!
Thanks! I'm scoping the build for this tomorrow. Should let me make the missing links in my dust collection barrel.
Look out dirt! Here I come!
Nice! This is the first in the series. Short hose is next. Thanks for watching!
How simple is that! Brilliant! Thanks for showing this technique.
Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you for sharing. Very creative and functional.
Thank you!
That's a beautiful and clever jig.
Thank you!
make no mistake, I am deeply grateful to you putting up this really neat project. I'm tinkering around with this while sinking deeper into a sea of honey do's. tinkering according to my wife according to my wife.
Thanks! Tinkering for better dust collection = cleaner air and better health :)
@@SlowandExpensive Thanks man, I'm with you.
Nothing short of Brilliant! I love making jigs and I now have an excuse to make another, only this one would be used more than once :)
Thank you!
My first thought when I saw that jig was “what in the Izzy Swann” is this?! Haha nice job!! Great solution!!
Thank you!
Omg I’m shook! SHOOK. Found you yesterday and I’ve been watching your vids. This is just some next level MacGyver ingenuity. You’re awesome, my man!! So glad I found you. 🙌🏼✌🏼
Thanks a million! More cool stuff to come :)
How have I not seen your channel before today. You remind me of myself except you have a TH-cam channel and a good personality and good ideas. Other than that practically the same person.
Haha! Good stuff Larry :)
Thanks, just what I needed, another project. Awesome idea!!
Thanks! I appreciate it :)
Don't have all the stuff you do, and this was a great idea...I would like to purchase a couple - please make them available. Have a great SHOP day!
Thanks! Okay, I'll have some ready soon :)
They are now available. Link is in the description if you ever want some. Thanks :)
That was great I did it like you said and came out perfectly after sanding them
Awesome! May the force be with you :)
This method would probably come in handy for making one of the bucket cyclone collectors, where there pipes don't exactly fit the vacuum. Great idea! Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent point considering those bucket cyclone collectors supposedly work great but has one of the highest mark-ups I've ever seen in comparison to the cost of materials to build it. HD wants like $50 or something nuts like that for a plastic funnel with a somewhat unique shape that couldn't have cost more than $5 and that is being extremely generous. I can't bring myself to pay that much for something I could reasonably fashion myself for pennies. If someone ever starts making these adapters and selling them on eBay they'll make a mint. Slow & Expensive should make an adapter and call it the Cheap & Fast Vacuum Adapter by Slow & Expensive. (You can use that if you want to.) Great content. Novel and interesting which is not easy to find these days on the YT.
Thanks so much TD Smith! :)
That was beautiful , like other comments on here saying you should use a lathe, not everyone has a lathe but have the tools you have. I just stumbled along this video and it was an eye opener, I have modified mine with electrical tape every time, and it sucks. Thank you for teaching this trick, great video and good vibes.
Thanks for watching Thad! I have some more helpful tip videos on the way :)
Just amazing job,simple and easy .😉
Thank you!
Great out of the box thinking. With 3D printers everywhere any size adapter can be knocked out pretty quick. I recently made a 4" adapter to fit PVC, 3D printed.
Thanks!
Thanks for the jig info, I have been needing some of these. You now have another sub, again thanks.
Thank you!
I love the channel name and the ingenuity. Subscribed!
Thank you! More on the way :)
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA THANK YOU
This is a genius idea and deserve to have a patten for the design. If you could design one that can modify different sizes of pvc pipes, it would be totally awesome 👏👍
Perpect. Excellent video and process. Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
That's a great idea. Super easy and really cool, original thinking.
Thank you!