were plugged is gone, replaced by the
one power cord that is right beside
the vacuum hose. All the sanders
are still in the same place and right
at hand, it is just that now the hose
and cord are both up off the floor and
out of my way.
The boom arm mounts easily to the
back of any of the CT 22 or larger
dust collectors. It swivels through a
wide arc so there is good work sur-
face coverage. You can mount stabi-
lizing out-riggers (supplied) if you
wish but I don’t find them necessary
the way I use the unit. I can’t say
enough good about the boom arm.
I won’t cover here the several other
neat features of the Festool dust collec-
tors like the 20 amp power cords, the
self-locking stacking storage for the
boxes the sanders and other Festool
products come in (called “Systainers,”)
but instead will direct you to the Festool
catalog and web site for more details.
All the Festool products with built-in dust
collection have either round or oval ports
on the tool.
Many of the sanders also come with
handy “mini bags” which attach directly to
these ports when you are working in ar-
eas not easily reached by the dust collec-
tor hose. The photos here show both the
round and the oval port configu-
rations. Notice the “O” ring seal
at the bottom of the port fitting.
A nice touch.
Festool vacuum hoses have
soft rubber ends that can easily
mold to either the round or the
oval shape, and the green ver-
sions of those hoses are anti-
static so they don’t build up dust
on the outside as normal vac-
uum hoses do.
Ok, now we know something
about the three different grit siz-
ing “standards” (remember Fes-
tool supplied grits all use the
European FEPA
“O” ring seal
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