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Connect a DeWalt random-orbit sander stepped port to a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose

How to join a DeWalt random-orbit sander stepped port to a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose, and what stops it leaking dust.

Reducer required

Not a direct fit. Joining the DeWalt random-orbit sander stepped port to a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose needs a 32 to 35 mm sander-to-vac step adapter.

END A35 mmDeWalt random-orbit sander stepped port (1-3/8 in OD, 35 mm OD)
END B31.8 mm1-1/4 in shop-vac hose (approx 1-1/2 cuff in OD, 1-1/4 in ID)

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

The two ends

End ADeWalt random-orbit sander stepped port (1-3/8 in OD, 35 mm OD)
End B1-1/4 in shop-vac hose (approx 1-1/2 cuff in OD, 1-1/4 in ID)
Fit typemale port into hose cuff
Reducer needed32 to 35 mm sander-to-vac step adapter

Shop notes

The DeWalt sander's outer tube is about 35 mm and a 1-1/4 in shop-vac hose is about 32 mm, so the hose is slightly too small to seat. A short 32-to-35 mm step adapter, the most common shop-vac reducer, closes the gap.

A 3 mm difference feels like it should just push on, and it will, for about a minute. Without the step ring it creeps off under vibration. Use the ring.