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   nazard | Mar 07, 2009 06:35am | #1

   I have a 5" to cabinet and 4" to overhead guard.  Increasing the cabinet line from 4 to 5" made a noticeable difference.

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   forestgirl | Mar 07, 2009 08:43am | #2

   Better yet 6".  I visited a table saw last week that had a 6" outlet, it really did suck!

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   davidbrum | Mar 07, 2009 05:35pm | #3

   I have the Shop Fox version of your Griz. I opened up the 4" port to 6" (there is barely room below the door) and it did make a big improvement. I still got some accumulation of chips in the cabinet though. I finally wedged in a piece of 1/4" plywood across the inside of the cabinet, angled down toward the port. That really does it. If you have something more slippery than plywood, so much the better.

   David B
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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 07, 2009 07:18pm | #4

   I opened to 6" and use a 2 1/2" dedicated Shop vac line to the over-head. You will still get some in the corners but.. a quick opening of the motor cover door and a Shop vac nozzle stuck in every 3-4 days gets it. I am in the shop 6 days a week so if you do only week-end it probably wouldn't require it about every week or two.

   Sarge..

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   082250 | Mar 07, 2009 09:03pm | #5

   My Unisaw with right side 4" outlet and small portable DC had the problem of mounds of dust, starting in the corners, and eventually stopping the slide down the ramp. I eyeballed the size of a piece of laminate that would be steeper, and U-shaped, and clear the movement of everything. I eyeballed it a bit too large, and it cracked as I snaked it in, but I tried it anyway. It works fine, there is still the little mounds in the two lower corners, which never get bigger or smaller, and the only time I have to open the base is when a sliver of wood gets across the outlet.

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   pft57 | Mar 08, 2009 01:12am | #6

   Thanks for the input I am going to 5 inch only because I have a 10 foot section that came with my cyclone that I didnt use when I hooked it up to 6 inch main. What I am still wondering is if it would be better to move it to the front as the blde rotation would throw dust toward outlet. I just came from the "Wood" show and one of the workshops had the hose come out the front i didnt see what brand it was but the color makes me think it was a jet.

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   woodhacker | Mar 08, 2009 04:44pm | #7

   I'm running a 6" line to the right side port on my Unisaw. The 6" line has a 4" branch line running to the overhead blade guard pickup. To reduce the buildup of material in the base of the cabinet I've cut some 2 1/2" diameter holes on the left side of the cabinet just barely above the floor panel in the cabinet. This has greatly reduced the amount of dust and chip buildup inside the cabinet.
   The dust pickup from the blade guard is marginal. I'm thinking I've got too large a percentage of he airflow going to the cabinet base.

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   pft57 | Mar 08, 2009 04:58pm | #8

   Thats a good idea I often wondered if more air should get into cabinet as I use zero clearance wherever I can. I have thought about drilling holes in insert maybe even in the bottom of shallow grooves to pull dust in. I have my 4 inch to guard and 4 inch to cabinet branced off 6 inch main seperately to give max flow.

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   Jammersix | Mar 08, 2009 08:07pm | #9

   Where did you get the fitting to replace the fitting on your saw, and how did you do it?This interests me.

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   woodhacker | Mar 08, 2009 08:24pm | #10

   I removed the plate below the swingout panel, and replaced it with a piece of sheetmetal into which I'd cut an opening for a standard 6" HVAC ductwork round-to-rectangular fitting. The HVAC fitting was fastened to the sheetmetal with pop rivets.

   
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   woodhacker | Mar 08, 2009 09:35pm | #11

   I've attached a view of the inside of the cabinet (couldn't figure out how to add an attachment to an existing post). There is a little building up in the lower corners, but it seldom gets to be more than shown in this picture. It's been weeks since I've done anything to remove the buildup, and the saw is used regularly. Perhaps some intake ports on the front and back of the cabinet would help prevent this buildup, but it's never bothered me enough to make me want to cut any more holes into my saw's cabinet.

   
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   pft57 | Mar 09, 2009 07:31pm | #12

   Thanks for pictures I was going to use the same fitting (5 inch) only attach it directly to saw. I may wait until money is better and go six inch but that may be awhile as I am out of work. I already have 5 inch hose. Thought since I have the time I would do all this little improvements that I have been contemplating.

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   bones | Mar 10, 2009 10:43pm | #13

   I have the 1023, and a 4" opening with a 2hp DC.  Does it get 100% nope, but it stays consistent with a minor amount in the bottom (around 3/4" to 1" of chips).  I don't sweat it that much. I would only get concerned if it started to build up.  I do regular maint every so often and open the cabinet and use air to blow off the trunions and then I scrape the bottom with a stick to get it all.  Again, I don't sweat it. 

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