Aldi hand vacuum to Dyson V8 adapter

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This is an adapter to allow Dyson V8, V9 or V10 nozzles to be used on an Aldi WorkZone hand vacuum. As the Aldi nozzle is slightly tapered, it was easy to get an airtight fit there. The Dyson nozzles are not tapered, so a tight fit is essential or it either won't fit or you loose a lot (like a real lot for a tiny gap) of suction. To achieve a tight fit, the Dyson side on my print was the tiniest bit of too small. I could force it on, but it wasn't really a long term solution for taking it on and off regularly, so I used the round sanding loop on my Dremel to sand back the inside of the Dyson side a little bit at a time until it was a tight but easy to push on and remove. I also test printed one that was 1 mm bigger in diameter, and that 1 mm was enough to loose so much suction, that it couldn't pick up any particles any more. My sizing is for an ABS print. ABS shrinks a tiny bit on my printer. If I printed it in PLA, it would probably be a bit bigger. If the item is too big for you, ie, feel free to use Meshmixer or your favourite mesh editing software to reduce the horizontal sizes (by the same percentage) to make the item a tiny bit smaller. I would dis-recommend decreasing the vertical size, as the hole may no longer fit the Dyson latch. I use 3 walls and a 0.6 mm nozzle. I would recommend using enough walls so that there is no infill.