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I did have to buy a step adapter for my shop vac becase I didn't want to buy another adapter and spend another $8 in shipping. Shipping was a ripoff, I paid $8 for shipping. My sander worked a lot better when I attached it, however the clips that hold it to the sander broke after 2 weeks.Bosch, same on you for such a terrible system.
Take the end of the hose adapter, it has little nubs on it. Four stars because Bosch doesn't include this in the box. Myself, I used super glue to hold the two pieces together and then sealed the whole thing with silicone adhesive caulk. First off, you need this fitting to take care of the oblong hole coming out of the Bosch sanders. Everything fits tightly and holds together great while you sand.
But this is not a review of that however. Keep the fat end, this will fit perfectly into the business end of a 1-1/2" shopvac hose or most any other commercial vacuum adapter. Sand them down, and slide that into the cut end of the extension tube you just cut. In fact the suction on the board is almost too much. I picked up this adapter fitting to go with my Bosch 3727DEVS 6" sander which is a beautiful amazing machine and I highly recommend it.
Next, I picked up a 1-1/4" x 14" Extension wand for about $6.50 from Lowes and cut it on my bandsaw slightly less then in half. Let everything dry and you are done.
It cost almost 1/5 of the sander with S&H. It reduces airflow to about 1/3 of the original oval hole.
I would not recommend this to anybody with enough skills to make a better adapter. Btw, Bosch hose i a joke.
More, round hole is very non-standard, so you will need adapter for this adapter, if you have any standard american hose. Airflow more then tripled.
I was just scratching my head, why this small plastic part did not come with sander. The round hole is too small.
Don't even think about that.I made a new adapter for my 2" Ridgid hose, which goes from the outside of the oval hole, not from inside.
I recommend it for using it with Bosch products that are compatible with it. When I need to put it, I simply plug in the Bosch extension hose from the shop vaccum into it. This adapter works fine with my Bosch 6" random orbital sander. I pretty much leave it permanently attached to the sander. The extension hose will stay put as long as I don't pull too hard on it (like when there is no more slack in the hose and I still keep on pulling).
I use it all the time now when I sand to help cut down the dust that normally goes everywhere. Perfect fit for my Orbital Sander. The nice part is I can even use it with my portabe dewalt shop vac when I am at customers houses doing work so I don't have to bring my large shop vac.
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