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   muleboy | Jan 17, 2006 05:31am | #1

   Don,

   I went to the Web page and looked at the device you are talking about.  It looks as if it works well.   I also watched the video.   I can't see anything wrong with it except the fact that it costs $159.  

   I have not tried to make one like it but I have to believe that you could make something like this pretty easy.   The downdraft cabinets that are out there for router tables also work very well.   I made a router downdraft "cabinet" out of a rubber kitchen garbage can and a 4" PVC drain fixture.  A fixed the top of the can to the bottom of my router table with glue and screws.  It works very well.   I have to believe some thing like that can be done for a miter saw.

   Perhaps it was the years of having no money to buy the neato accessories that made me this way.  Perhaps now it is my mortgage that makes me this way.

    

   Muleboy.

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   donshop | Jan 18, 2006 04:55am | #2

   Thanks, I'm considering trying to make something like it.  Don

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   AlanMikkelsen | Jan 18, 2006 06:48pm | #3

   I built my own several years ago.  Works great.

   Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934,  Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT

   
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   donshop | Jan 18, 2006 08:26pm | #4

   Thanks, it looks good.  Guess I'll try it.  Don

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   adastra | Jan 21, 2006 02:46am | #7

   I would recommend a empty kitty litter plastic bucket. I use one to catch chips from my portable router table. Just cut a hole and screwed it to the underside.Looks silly but it works and it was free after the cats no longer needed it.

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   muleboy | Jan 19, 2006 05:10am | #5

   Thanks for the photos!!!

   I just received a SCMS for Christmas.  Also a Makita LS 1013.  I have been debating how to setup a new saw station.   LOTS of good ideas from your pics!! 

   I love the idea of storage under the saw.   I had imagined some sort of two part system for the dust collection, and now I see it already done!!  

   I have the saw in my basement using it to finish the trim work.   It was quickly apparent that the dust bag only got a small portion of the dust it makes.   It sure beats the miterbox and hand saw I have been using.

    

   Gracias!!

    

   Muleboy.

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   AlanMikkelsen | Jan 19, 2006 05:55pm | #6

   denada.Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934,  Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT