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   EdHarrow | Jan 21, 2006 11:41pm | #1

   Preliminary report.

   First, sorry, at this point no pictures.  We upgraded computers in December and I discovered that I can't find the install disk for Camedia...  :-(

   With one hose to bandsaw, and one to table saw, both ends open, but only the bandsaw operating, a small amount of dust was visible.  Source was the "up side" of the blade.  With the tablesaw end blocked off, there was still a small amount of dust visible.

   I then turned on the Fein connected to the earlier bottom port I'd added.  No visible dust.  I opened the line to the table saw, no visible dust.

   At the moment I'm using a 4" splice to connect the hose to the adapter, and that blocks off a considerable portion of the adapter.

   All in all, for some scrap luan, a bit of duct tape, and less than $1 worth of Lee Valley magnets, it works very well.

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   Fred | Jan 26, 2006 08:44pm | #2

   Can you tell exactly where you put the dust port on the saw?

   The existing port on my saw serves as a coat hanger most of the time. Does not even make the coats dustyer than being anywhere else in the shop...

   Of course, a picture would be helpful!

   Fred

    

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   EdHarrow | Jan 29, 2006 02:02am | #3

   Finally, we got pictures!

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   The wonders of duct tape!

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   I used a blast gate as it seemed to be the best fit to the collector

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   The final product.  Works great!  The magnets, and a rather tight fit, hold the collector to the table, yet it is easy to remove for access.  The lower door can be removed without taking the collector off.

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   wobeba | Feb 03, 2006 10:50pm | #4

   I went one step further. I figured out how to keep the dust from making its way up to the top wheel and coming around to fall onto the top of the table. My saw is a Delta.I cut the handle off a small dust brush... the kind that comes with a dustpan set at Home Depot. The brush head is about five inches long and an inch or so wide. I carefully fit the majority of the soft bristles into the blade guard slot where it exits the back of the lower wheel housing. Duct-taped that little brush in nice and tight. Now, when the blade is moving, the bristles knock off the dust which is then caught up in the vacuum created within the lower guard assembly. The only dust I have now is at the onset of a resaw... about two seconds worth.When changing blades, it's no big deal to cut the tape and retape once all the guides and the tension have been set.

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   dkellner | Feb 27, 2006 02:28am | #8

   Here is my setup. This connected to a 2hp Oneida collector.

    

    

   
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   jasperdog | Feb 07, 2006 10:55pm | #5

   have you finished hook up dust collection for band saw?

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   EdHarrow | Feb 08, 2006 05:04am | #6

   I knew a dog named Jasper!  Nice dog.

   It's about as done as it's going to be (see pictures above).  Sealing up the space between the lower door and the frame of the saw would probably be useful, but thus far it seems to work OK. 

   There is usually a bit of dust on the table, I don't know what to do about that.  If I ever do a bunch of stuff with the table other than flat, that will cause a problem, but I guess I'll keep thinking about that aspect of the problem.  In any case it continues to be a vast improvement.

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   BilljustBill | Feb 12, 2006 06:53pm | #7

        Ed,

        On Mini Max's big band saws, they have a neat design on their 2-1/2" square throat plate.  It has four leveling posts, one on each corner, and other than the blade slot, most of the insert is more holes than insert.  A lot of the dust is pulled down by the way the lower door has a sliding cover over the lower bladeguides and because the dust collection is just below those lower guides.

      You might think of using some of that thicker 'Teflon' or HDPE to cut and drill holes in, allowing the table dust to be pulled away.

       Bill