Been working on a bunch of trad bows lately which sees me at a DP(drill press) making tooling and drilling. And we a have some nice ones. This is a late 40's power downfeed W/T 1200. Love this old press. The Heinrich quick vise was a freeby.... anyway that's not the point.
The point of the thread is this std 2 1/2" shop vac,hose holder. This holder is kinda like,magic. The pics should show it's main features but I'll try to explain just in case.
The hose clamp itself is an unmodified 2 1/2" old fashioned muffler clamp. The inner part of this clamp fits the ribs on the hose perfectly! So well that the nuts on the U bolt really aren't tightened. You set them so that,with a tug.... you can pull/push the hose letting it sorta "click" into position.
Next,uber convenience is yup,that cam locking part is off a kids bicycle seat post. Stupid easy to unlock,which opens the sleeve around column, and now the whole affair moves,up...down,and around.
Because there's only one side of the U bolt holding.... it's easy to set that axis,or angle.
Basic shop vac floor sweeper with round notch to clear tooling.
Thought someone might need a quick project for their DP. I don't use it every time,but if there's more than onsey/twosey it gets used. Good luck with your project.
The point of the thread is this std 2 1/2" shop vac,hose holder. This holder is kinda like,magic. The pics should show it's main features but I'll try to explain just in case.
The hose clamp itself is an unmodified 2 1/2" old fashioned muffler clamp. The inner part of this clamp fits the ribs on the hose perfectly! So well that the nuts on the U bolt really aren't tightened. You set them so that,with a tug.... you can pull/push the hose letting it sorta "click" into position.
Next,uber convenience is yup,that cam locking part is off a kids bicycle seat post. Stupid easy to unlock,which opens the sleeve around column, and now the whole affair moves,up...down,and around.
Because there's only one side of the U bolt holding.... it's easy to set that axis,or angle.
Basic shop vac floor sweeper with round notch to clear tooling.
Thought someone might need a quick project for their DP. I don't use it every time,but if there's more than onsey/twosey it gets used. Good luck with your project.