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How to store Rockler expandable hose?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I have this expandable hose from rockler.
http://www.rockler.com/rockler-4-diameter-dust-right-expandable-hose

In theory it can compress to a few feet, which is what I'd like to do for storage. In practice it spills all over the place, like a drunken slinky.

I need to keep it tidy as my floor sweep is at the bottom of this same drop and the hose blocks it if I just let it go.

Has anyone come up with a clever way to keep it compact when not in use? For the moment I am using a quick connect on both ends and putting it in a box. There must be another way!

edit: SOLVED -see below post.
 
#3 ·
I hate to say it, not a safe practice, but mine just runs all over the shop floor. For years I have thought about a more rigid set in place method, but in the end I just stretch it to whatever tool I am using at the time.
 
#5 ·
Leftcoaster,

I don't have that hose, but here's a couple of ideas. First you could use s bungee cord and a hook or nail on the wall. Compress the hose, drop the bungee through it and hook then ends, then hang on the wall. The tension of the bungee will keep it from stretching out too much.

Second option is to make some a sort of vertical storage box on the wall underneath the duct its connected to. Basically a thin ply box (3 or 4 sided) maybe 5Ă—5 inside you can drop the hose into from the top. Then with a hinged front or using a cleated mount so you can easily open it up or pick it up off the wall mount and let the hose come out.

Last idea is to use a bookshelf style storage holder. Basically two pieces of 4" wide ply the length of the collapsed hose in a V shape. The put square ends on each side attached so the V faces up. Then you can drop the hose in the V compressed and the ends will keep it short and gravity should keep it sitting in the V. You can store it on a shelf, along the floor or wherever it makes sense.

Hope any of this helps.
Mike
 
#6 ·
For 4" hose cut 6"X6" squares from scrap 3/4" ply wood and drill a 1" hole in the center of both. Glue 11/2"X1/4" pieces around the edge of the squares. Cut a 1" dowel the length you want to compress the hose. Glue one of the squares to the bottom of the dowel flush with the bottom of one of the squares so the 1/4" edge is facing the length of the dowel. compress your hose over the dowel and inside the 1/4" edge. Push the other square on top of the hose and secure with a strong spring clamp. I made something like these for hose for blowers.
 
#8 ·
For 4" hose cut 6"X6" squares from scrap 3/4" ply wood and drill a 1" hole in the center of both. Glue 11/2"X1/4" pieces around the edge of the squares. Cut a 1" dowel the length you want to compress the hose. Glue one of the squares to the bottom of the dowel flush with the bottom of one of the squares so the 1/4" edge is facing the length of the dowel. compress your hose over the dowel and inside the 1/4" edge. Push the other square on top of the hose and secure with a strong spring clamp. I made something like these for hose for blowers.
- lndfilwiz
I used something similar to this for storage of one of those coiled garden hoses you see for sale on TV.

I like INDFILWIZ's idea of the block at the bottom which will help keep it all contained.
I'm picturing the hose sitting down on top of the dowel, within the 1/4" boxed compartment almost like a paper towel roll sits on one of those granite PT roll holders.. (but with a box around it)
 
#10 ·
I came up with a solution that i'm really happy with.

I got to thinking that some sort of canvas laundry sack could be made to work. I went rooting around in the attic to see if something suitable could be found when I suddenly happened upon a four foot long tubular nylon bag that once held a folding chair (that I got for free at a conference two or three tech bubbles ago), such as one would take to the beach, a fireworks show, or a tailgate party.

I cut the bottom out of the bottom of the bag-a square shaped swatch - leaving me with a tube open on both ends.

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I fed my hose inside this tube and passed my hose clamp over the hose and the tube before attaching it to my blast gate. What was once the bottom of the bag is now securely attached at the end of the hose.

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The original opening of the bag has a draw string closure and a push lock (one of those buttons that clamps the drawstring to prevent it from re-opening). With the hose compressed inside the tube, the drawstring cinches nicely at the handle end of the hose.

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So, to use the hose, I just open the drawstring and let the hose stretch to do its thing.

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And when it's time to stow it, I feed it back into the tube and cinch it shut. For now I am hanging the resulting, neatly contained, compressed hose by the handle with a bungee cord. It seems pretty obvious that I'll be using a hook under the cabinet shown below.

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#16 ·
My friend has several hanging down from the ceiling next to support posts. On the post is mounted a shelf with a 3/4" thick ring the inside diameter of the hose. When he is done he puts the end of the hose on the shelf with the dust collector on and the hose compresses between the pipe and the shelf.
 
#19 ·
Again, that Rockler rack does not work with the new dust rite handles.

The ceiling drop idea is awesome. My shop is quite small and does not have posts or even ducts that cross the room-it's all run where the wall meets the ceiling and so I'd be pulling it at a diagonal with no way to reach a blast gate. No question that it's a great solution for folks whose layout is different!
 
#20 ·
That holder rack Rockler sold… I think they largely discontinued them. I bought one on clearance and honestly it really wasn't all that helpful. You had to have the dust collector running when you put the hose down to compress it, and the magnet wasn't particularly powerful so it'd frequently fall off anyway.

Then they changed the handle, so it didn't matter. The new handle allows you to hang it up on a hook, and it has a bit of a bend to it which is nice. The old handle also had a problem where it was really easy to twist and break off.

I just bought a hook(big one like you'd hang an extension cord from) at the hardware store, screwed it to the wall nex to the dust collector and then hang my hose by the handle on that. The hose hangs down, but it's no longer in the way.
 
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