Longer "1 1/4 hose for shop vac


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Old 07-12-04, 02:18 PM
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Longer "1 1/4 hose for shop vac

I purchased a Craftsman wall mount wet/dry shop vac for my garage but need a longer suction hose. A five foot extension would be about right but then I would also need a fitting to splice both hoses together and storing the hose by coiling it around the vac might be a problem. A better solution would be to buy a new longer hose but Sears does not sell these.

Does anyone know where I might be able to purchase the "1 1/4 suction hose in an uncut length?

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,

barry
 
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Old 07-12-04, 02:56 PM
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Here is a long pre-made hose from Lee Valley:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=47161&category=1,42401&ccurrency=1&SID=
 
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Old 07-13-04, 08:10 AM
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extended length vac hose

Greg,

Thanks for the url of the site with the vac hoses but they don't sell the "1 1/4 size.

barry
 
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Old 07-13-04, 02:17 PM
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home depot has lots of large tubing size

i noticed this last time I was getting plumbing fittings

they might have 1 1/4

check then out
 
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Old 07-13-04, 02:46 PM
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barry,

I forgot.

That orange hose shown in the link is actually 1 1/4".
I was in Lee Valley awhile ago and when I asked the salesman about 2 1/2" long vac hoses he showed me that hose in the catalogue.
They were out of stock but I paid for it and they shipped it to me when it arrived in the store.
Well, it seems that it actually is a 1 1/4" hose but they describe the fact that the vac connection end will fit a 2 1/2" hole in the vac.
Too bad 'cause I needed a 2 1/2" one.
If you look at it again you can see the relationship of the nozzle end to the vac end.
So, if you have a 2 1/2" connection at the vac it is what you are looking for.

It's a commercial grade hose and would stand up to years of use.
 
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Old 07-14-04, 07:34 AM
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Hi Greg,

Thanks for explaining the vac hose size. Now that you mention it, I did wonder about the extra large looking ends on the hose in the picture on the web site but I wasn't curious enough to figure out that the hose was "1 1/4 and the fitting were "2 1/2.

I appreciate the info about the hose source and also the explaination.

thanks,

barry
 
 

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