Rockler 4" Swivel Hose Attachment - Permanent Gasket Replacement
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Do you use any Rockler-branded "Dust Right" attachments in your workshop dust extraction system? Have you, perchance been using their 4" (100mm ish) rotating/swivelling hose adaptor like the one found here: https://www.rockler.com/dust-right-4-swivel Have you found that the rubber gasket/adaptor has decayed and even disintegrated over time, but the plastic rotating bit is fine? Do you want/need a permanent gasket replacement to join it to a standard 100mm PVC pipe, and never have this gasket-failure-related down time again? Then this, dear reader might be of interest to you. Firstly, I just want to say that the rubber gasket worked well for about 3 years.. but Australian conditions aren't great for preserving rubber long term. Also, the gasket failed at the worst time while I was using my planer, sending my ceiling-mounted flex hose crashing to the floor. By the time I had shut everything down... it was too late. Chips and dust got EVERYWHERE. It took me several days to clean up... so I wanted to ensure this didn't occur again. Also, while I see the value of the rubber gasket as a cost effective seal, Rockler stuff isn't sold in many places here in Australia, and I wasn't going to stop my wood working while I waited for a replacement to wind itself to me. So here we are...
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