On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 01:45 PM, Christopher Rozycki wrote:
Imran - your schematic, # 25, is exactly the kind of transition I was thinking of. Not sure if that would clear the side wall ( when saw blade is tilted to 45) in the Hammer K3 and C3-31 machines, but it looks promising.?
Thanks for sharing.
I have been wondering if a pivoting rectangular to round adapter could be configured? So that as the saw blade is tilted to 45 degrees, the adapter swings down so the round connector for the hose is always pointing downward.
I'd been thinking along similar lines. Option 1 being to adapt from rectangular to circular, with the port on the side (as per Imran's drawing), and then running the hose to a new port on the machine's side. Option 2 being an adapter with a pivoting section in the way that you describe. I suspect the problem with both would be more tendency clog, but option 1 gives lots of scope for a big "plenum", perhaps with a door for clearing it.
In the short term I made an adapter out of scrap plywood and a section of plastic pipe that I softened and reshaped with a heat gun - it looks cr*p but has worked for quite a while, although it sometimes falls off on the rare times I have to go to 45 degrees.
Dave (in the UK)
