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   sanderdude | Sep 22, 2003 04:34am | #1

   Hi Betula:

             I have a general saw and I am very happy with the quality. I made an adaptor out of quarter inch plywood that I epoxied to the  cast piece under the blade. I made the plywood box with 45 degree angle on the face that glues onto the saw. A little hard to explain in words but the  end result is that the homade box is angled so that when the blade is tilted to 45 the box just barely clears the cabinet.  Hope this is clear eneough for you to take a look inside your saw and use your imagination.

                                        Good luck, p.s.   with one vacuum on the adaptor and one vacuum above the table on a homade overhead blade guard, I can saw all day with practicly no dust in my shop from the saw.

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   Betula | Sep 23, 2003 01:40am | #2

   Hi rubb!

   I look under my saw (that tilt at right), and as you said, I have to fix my adaptor at 45 degree at the left side, but at the right side of the blade, there is the pully that do not permit a large volume for dust collection. Is your tablesaw built like mine?

   Thank you

   Marc-André

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   sanderdude | Sep 24, 2003 01:26am | #3

   Hi Marc:

                The collection box I made is glued directly to the bottom of the half round cast iron piece that is under the saw blade. If you look at the bottom of that casting you will see that there is a slot in the bottom of the casting. The box is glued on to encompass that slot and that is where the dust collection occurs.  The box is only about  one and a half inches thick and covers the slot with room for a 2 inch vacuum hose to be glued to the bottom of the box. If You aren't able to make sense out of my description send me your email address and I will send a picture of my casting, and you can see if it is the same as your saw. I imagine it is the same but who knows?   It might be easier to visualize what you need to do if you take out your blade insert from the table and look down at the slot under the blade in the casting. The slot is quite close to the blade, which is why it is effective as a vacuum hook up site. Sometimes with mine,  thin rippings that get shot down through the insert will block the slot and the vacuum stops working, but if you use a zero clearance insert this has not been a problem for me.  Hope this is helpful,   

                                                                                             Robert.

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   SCFrankland | Sep 24, 2003 06:33am | #4

   Can you post a picture here for all of us to see. I to have been looking at upgrading my DC for the table saw.Scott C. Frankland

   "This all could have been prevented if their parents had just used birth control"

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   sanderdude | Sep 25, 2003 01:03am | #5

   Hi Scott and Marc Andre:

                                      I will try posting a photo for you when I can make time to take one, and figure out how to post it. Right now I am kind of swamped with unexpected extra jobs to get out the door.  I do have access to a digital camera, so soon I hope.

                                           Thanks,     Rubb.

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   Betula | Sep 25, 2003 04:29am | #6

   Hi Rubb!

   Thanks for the explanation, I think your tablesaw is not identical to mine.(mine was built in 1989). If you can take a picture and send it to me by e-mail, I would really appreciate

   Thank you

   Marc-André

   e-mail adress:[email protected]