HF DC Accessory Kit 32.99

[RagerXS]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93601

The hose alone is worth the price.

[LCHIEN]

and yes, it does have two 10' lengths of hose.

[azw]

Interesting... Any ideas about how you'd use a system like this to collect sawdust from a miter saw?

I have a Rockwell 10" compound miter saw, about 10 years old. It's supposed to have a dust collection system, but their tech support told me years ago that one of the safety features (I think that was it) defeated the effectiveness of the dust collection. It sure does throw a lot of sawdust, so it'd be great to finally get that under control.

[Tom Slick]

Interesting... Any ideas about how you'd use a system like this to collect sawdust from a miter saw?

I have a Rockwell 10" compound miter saw, about 10 years old. It's supposed to have a dust collection system, but their tech support told me years ago that one of the safety features (I think that was it) defeated the effectiveness of the dust collection. It sure does throw a lot of sawdust, so it'd be great to finally get that under control.

take a look here
http://www.airhand.com/diy.asp

[LCHIEN]

Now there' s an idea (from the site Tom's post points to) I have not seen before...
has anyone actually tried this? It seems to make a LOT of sense. A lot more than putting a big funnel behind the saw. You need a permanent station more or less for the miter saw.

[pecker]

A couple weeks ago I went to two HF stores, as I needed some DC hose and they had some clear stuff on sale at the website. However, neither store had any DC accessories at all. Just the collectors.

This stuff may be web order only.

[LarryG]

Now there' s an idea (from the site Tom's post points to) I have not seen before... has anyone actually tried this?

I've seen two or three variations on that idea; I think one of the "America's Best Home Workshops" had such a setup. It has always seemed sufficiently promising to me that it's what I intend to build into the miter saw bench I hope to finally get to build this spring.

[JoeyGee]

Norm's was the first MS station that I saw with the under the saw collection. Someday I will get around to doing that...

[ryan.s]

A couple weeks ago I went to two HF stores, as I needed some DC hose and they had some clear stuff on sale at the website. However, neither store had any DC accessories at all. Just the collectors.

This stuff may be web order only.

You may want to ask the store to look it up to see if they carry it in store. I was able to pick up the kit last year at my local store.

[ironhat]

I enlarged the pic by 150% but I still can't grasp the pick-up at the back of the saw. I can't believe that it's coming off the tiny blade guard opening but I don't see a hood to capture the dust from flinging up against the window. Is it possible that there is a narrow chute which follows the blade when rotated to its various angles and diverts the dust. Then, the scatter would have to find its way to the hose opening. That would have to be one powerful DC, wouldn't it? Sorry. As usual, more questions than answers.

[LCHIEN]

if y ou read the article it says that they put a 10" to 5" reducer under the table with the 5" down to the awaiting hose and the 10" side up thru a 10" hole below the saw in the table top. The 10" hole is located below the miter saw circular rotating table, catches the dust thrown below the table as it cuts.

Actually thinking about it, the blade lowers onto the wood and therefore the initial cutting all takes place on the top surface of the wood and is thrown to the back...???

[ironhat]

Loring, are you of the mind that our HF DCs have the capacity to overcome the velocity of the dust that is hurling rearward and pull it down? Boy, I too would like to hear from anyone who has done this before I commit to this design on my current project of a new RAS/CMS cutting table. Let's just say that I'm sceptical without enough experience to support myself.

[LCHIEN]

no, in my last post I was questioning the effectiveness of below table collection since the cutting takes place for the most part on the top of the wood.

my previous enthusiasm has been dampened.

[Tom Slick]

I wondered about that too. it seems like it would be easy enough to add a backstop that was connected to the funnel so that any rearward chips were stopped and then sucked in.

[Thalermade]

The sawdust does go both ways, back and down. One product that I once saw marketed (sorry for no links, I will keep looking) for the miter saw was called the Big Gulp. Basically a big rectangular funnel.


Russ