Tools & Materials
Capture More Dust from Your Router Table
Learn how to ramp up your router table's dust collection capability
Oct 23, 2013
When most woodworkers build a router table, they generally outfit the fence with dust collection. While that’s an effective means of capturing the dust and chips as they move off the bit, it isn’t always the perfect solution. In fact, for some cuts—like stopped dadoes—it does nothing at all.
By adding a second dust collection point to your router table, you can really ramp up the tools ability to capture almost every speck of debris that comes off the bit. In this short video, Fine Woodworking senior editor Matt Kenney takes you step-by-step, through his dust collection upgrade. You’ll learn exactly what fittings you need, and where to mount them.
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I could not figure out how and where the box below the router is built in. Also, the design of the collector on the fence went by way to fast for me to see how it was put together. Are there more details elsewhere? This made me want the plans!
Really looking to add something like this to my custom made router table. My question is most commercially available dust boxes have a door. Since yours is a solid box how do you adjust the router speed? I can only think you are lifting the entire face plate out to do such a simple task.
Great video with a non-intuitive idea. I would never have thought to mount the box with an air gap. Can this be translated to an article with written /pictorial instructions, like how much clearance the gap might be, etc. We just got a rescue pet, and I work with walnut a lot. I'm concerned about the potential toxicity of constant exposure to swarf, and am not always super diligent about vacuuming after every shop session, so want to really ramp up my basement dust collection efficiency. Thanks for staying ahead of the curve, FW.
Could you perhaps clarify the spelling to the ports you note, that of the "flanged Port" and the singh?? port? I am unsure of the spelling and would need this to purchase one of each or more? for the assembling of the unit.
Thank you,
Jim Mc
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