Dust port location?

[ironhat]

Then why wouldn't it make more sense to draw the air from the top of the chamber? Like this:

It might just be a wash, Salty. The very fine particulates would easily be pulled out close to the source but the heavier ones are trying to make their way to the bottom - a gravity kind of thing. I'm not saying that it won't work. It just may not be any better than the bottom port method. In other words, whatever floats your boat !!
LOater,
Chiz

[Salty]

After some use it is apparent that, as Lee said, a lot of the chips go through the plate and end up at the bottom of the chamber when doing dados. Of course, me using a 1/4" bit and the opening in the plate being 1-1/4" doesn't help.
I'm going to try the 2nd port at the top of the chamber and see how it does. I can see a lot of suction at the fence when doing edge routing so the air flow is there. I have also fashoned a baffel that goes about half way around the base about 3" down from the table insert plate. The 2nd suction port will go in that space at the back of the chamber. I want to see if the cuttings will take that path as opposed to dropping to the bottom.
We'll see.