[Shop-talk] hand held blower attachment

[Jeff Scarbrough]

My Stihl blower came with a tube for the inlet, so it will vacuum up
lesves, chop them a bit, and blow them out the nozzle.  May not be what you
have, but sounds like what you need.

-- Jeff

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 18:31 john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

> Help an old guy out.  I've got a standard hand held 2 cycle leaf blower …
> Stihl, Echo, Huskv all make them. with about a 2.5 foot straight
> tube.  Works great  for around the trees and beds but not so much along
> fences and buildings as it just blows everything on down the
> fence line  or the house instead of out from the house so I can gather the
> with the mower...
>
> I'm looking for an angled attachment (45 or 90 degree) that will push the
> leaves out away from the house. With the straight nozzle if you
> try to reposition it, it just blows them up in your face or back behind
> you...  does anyone make an 'add-on' piece or has anyone fabricated
> something that works well ??  the nozzle it probably 3" in diameter...
> I'd like to have it where you could put it on for the fences and then off
> for general blower work...
>
> thanks
> john
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