How do I attach my dust collection hose to the port on router table fence? I am using a standard shop-vac hose.
How to attach hose to router table port
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A typical spindle sander rotates at between 100 and 2,000 RPM, where a router is much faster 8,000 to 35,000 RPM. So I would say this is probably not the best idea, and could lead to damage to the equipment, injury, and death.
Router bits have to be carefully checked against the type of cut being created. For the general cut there is a correct feed direction and there is an incorrect direction. For some bits used in a certain way there is no ideal cut direction.
The general principal is that the work piece should be fed into the router bit so that the incoming wood is pushing against the direction of bit rotation. If you feed the wood into the bit in the same direction as the rotation of the bit the cutting edges will most assuredly grab into the wood and try to pull it along.
The picture below shows the concept for the proper direction doing an "outside" cut on the wood piece when looking down from the top of your router table.
If you are trying to do some other type of cut then you should post some pictures so we can make additional suggestions.
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Given that you've provided no information about what actual size the shop vac hose (there are multiple "standards" though 2-1/4 inch is the one I'd usually assume) or the size of the hole in the router fence, either something like this, or something like that in the the other direction (or a chunk of wood with an appropriate size hole drilled in it.) The first can be cut to provide various smaller sizes or a flange, the second increases size to 4 inches.
Shop vac adapter (or Shop vac hose adapter) will get results in a search engine.
Or 1/3 of a roll of duct tape... ;-)