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Connect a Bosch GCM12SD miter saw port to a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose

How to join a Bosch GCM12SD miter saw port to a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose, and what stops it leaking dust.

Direct fit

These connect directly. A 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose seats on the Bosch GCM12SD miter saw port with no reducer.

END A31.8 mmBosch GCM12SD miter saw port (1-1/4 in ID)

Rings drawn to scale from the measured diameters in the table below.

The two ends

End ABosch GCM12SD miter saw port (1-1/4 in ID)
End B1-1/4 in shop-vac hose (approx 1-1/2 cuff in OD, 1-1/4 in ID)
Fit typehose cuff into female socket
Reducer needednone, direct friction fit

Shop notes

The hose tip measures about 32 mm and the port socket about 32 mm, the same, so the hose tip seats inside the port socket as a friction fit. No reducer is needed for this pairing, so the Bosch GCM12SD miter saw port and the 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose connect directly.

It is a push fit, not a lock. Seat it fully and check it has not crept loose after a few minutes of vibration before you trust it on fine dust.