I’ve worked hard to control dust in my shop – and have been pretty succesful. BUT, then I have to freehand rout some MDF and the whole place turns dusty brown.
What experience have you had with what I believe are failr new routers with dust collection ports?
Jerry
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I bought the Festool 2 1/4 hp router about 2 months ago and am very happy with the dust collection. It does what they claim it will. I would say 85 - 90% of dust is collected. Good luck.
Most routers have vacuum funnel accessories. Some work better on out side cuts; some have a heck of time on inside cuts. It depends on the air-access to and from the cuttings. Expect some mess some of the time; expect control and hose interference all of the time. The router table is the better collector of chips and dust.
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I installed a chip collector sold by Leigh that works well for free-hand edge routing and on dovetail jigs. MDF is another issue due to the nature of that beast. I think the cost was around $40 and will adapt to most routers.
I thought the dust extraction on my Freud was good until I bought the DW 621... awesome extraction...
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I would echo Homric's comments on the Festool. I got the 1400 router and couldn't believe the lack of dust with a router. I have had a Bosch and tried to reduce the dust at the table but nothing has come close to the dust collection with Festool. If dust is a big issue with you (as it is with me) I got the 150 sander first and couldn't believe the performance and dust control. Then I got the T55 saw and had the same result. I used to have dust and chips all over the place but with the Festool tools, it is significantly reduced. Festool ain't cheap but it does the best job on dust than other makes.
Jerry: Just a quick ditto on the Festool EQ1400, it sucks up dust quite well. Duke
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