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I have seen no problems with it pulling off. I did have the duct tape by my side at the ready, but the standard shopvac hose fits very snugly perfectly on the adapter. I was already to go.
or perhaps the design has been reengineered since then. Now using the tabs on the sander dust exhaust port & the matching slots on the original rubber dust mounting piece, you can slide the whole thing back onto the sander. I'm not sure whats going on with the other reviewers.
Don't forget to slide down the little plastic locking mechanism on the sander to hold the whole thing in place. Thank you Amazon -- usual fast delivery. This adapter worked perfectly right out of the box.
Its a two stepper., 1st you need to remove the rubber mounting piece from the original vacuum bag which comes with the belt sander by un-flipping the metal latch, then 2: you slide on the new adapter and re-flip the metal latch to hold the two pieces together.
I just wish the shipping would be faster. I was really happy to find this item.
Sorry, DeWALT.Not your best effort.but better than nothing. So, I had to make my own.kind of defeats the purpose, eh. This adapter works well, once a vacuum is connected. Unfortunately for me, it didn't mate with Shop-Vac accessories.
So the adapter works as promised, but don't bother buying this because what it attaches to can't support the additional weight. And I don't see an easy fix, its just the design of the clip-in dust port. The Adapter attached to my belt sander's dust port with no problem, but as stated in a prior review, Dewalt's dust port doesn't attach to the body of the sander very well. When I tried to use it, the weight of the vacuum hose just kept pulling the port off the sander.
I would like to see DeWalt design a better clamp to hold the Vacuum adapter on with the fein vacuum hose I have fit like a glove, but the rubber clamp that holds the adapter to the belt sander came lose a couple of times during sanding.
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