clear view 6"-4" transition

[alan m]

hi there
is anybody using those 6"-4" transition boxs that clear view sell. they are a clear box (or clear front anyway) with a 6" port on the top and 2 4" on the bottom

i am thinking of adding something like this to the duct lines going to my table saw and band saw. it should help me see whats going on in side


thanks alan

[alan m]

i take it nobody has these


i dont think i will bother. they will create too much losses to be worth it.

i am thinking of getting a short piece of 4" clear pipe and putting 6" of it before the flex hose. then i can see if the dust is moving properly

[phil (admin)]

That is a good idea.

I use 2.5" clear pipe for almost all my DC.  It is really pretty thin stuff, though.  I priced thicker stuff once, it was real expensive.

Maybe you can find a deal on a short piece of 4" clear?

[alan m]

axminister (tool shop in uk ) sell a 4" set of clear pipes fittings etc . you can buy  extra pipes to  add to the set. i might get one and see what happens.
they also sell a 63mm set . im thinking of running that around the shop as well for my smaller machines (disk sander , router table) and hand power tools

so its back to building a smaller scale seperater