Dust collection for RAS and Miter Saw

[jhart]

Have been finalizing getting my HF collector/Wynn conversion set up. What have any of you used/made to collect the dust from a RAS and/or a miter saw on a basic stand. The RAS is an older Craftsman. Do the hoods sold in the stores work or should I be looking at building a customized unit?
If you have any pictures of your setup, they would be appreciated.

[maxparot]

RAS and Miter saws are tough to get good collection on. I used a Big Gulp for my Mitersaw and Lathe. The Idea being get what you can with the DC and there is less to sweep/ vacuum off the floor.

[JimD]

Joe,

My radial arm saw (a Ryobi R-200) and my miter saw both have a small dust port on them. I have a drop from my DC that serves both tools. I have a t with one side a small flexible pipe I move to the tool I am using at the moment and the other side of the t comes straight down to the area of the bench behind the two saws (they sit side by side). I sloped the area behind the saws so that the lowest area is where the 4 inch drain pipe is. I used to have a baffle of plywood surrounding the general area but it is gone now due to other restructuring of the workbench area.

This kind of works. It does not get everything unless I push the leftover dust into the 4 inch pipe. I do not get a lot of buildup, however, and have no noticable dust in the area. I think it would work better if it was not so open but the saw has to have space to work too.

Jim

[Popeye]

I had a commercial hood from sears on my ras while using a Shop vac, when I went to the HF DC I made a sort of box to fit behind it. The MS just didn't work well enough with the box so I hooked up the small shop vac I had been using for it. The hose here from the MS has been re-routed to the small vac. Pat
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[cwsmith]

I do not currently have my RAS set up. I too have and old Craftsman (1974). When it was set up in my last home, I blocked in the area behind the fence so dust wouldn't collect in the base. Then I had a sheet of tile board (masonite, cheap stuff) against the back wall and had it sort of funnel down to a box under the bench. Sort of looked like this | |
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Basically, the dust just slid off the wall and down into the box. I only hooked the vac hose to the elbow on the upper guard. Overall, it wasn't perfect, but it got the biggest percent and when I was through I'd just disconned the hose from the upper guard and vac the bench a bit and then dump the contents into the box under the bench for later disposal.

CWS

[lrogers]

I also used a "Big Gulp" for the mitersaw. It works fairly well when hooked up to the dust collector with a 4" hose; not as well when hooked to the shop vac.

[Whaler]

It's not pretty but does the job. A 4" aluminum dryer vent fitting from HD.

[drumpriest]

Tabletop Dust Fitting

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[jhart]

Thanks for the replys. Have the Rockler hood for the MS and it does a so-so job
The real problem is when you swing the RAS and MS to 45 degrees, the dust
blows all over and isn't caught by the hood. Not as bad for the MS, but not
good with the RAS.
Been experminting with making an oblong box. Current one attaches the duct
from the side. Doesn't work to well. Not enough suction for the far 1/2 of
the box. May try something with the duct in the bottom center of the box.
Or might try having 2 ducts hooked up on the bottom on each side. Will
report on how it works.