SCMS dust hood installed.

[dbhost]

I finally got the SCMS dust hood finished and installed. Just need to finish up the ducting which will probably happen this weekend...

The design is pretty simple, just an open frame held together with pocket screws and glue, a simple top screwed to the frame, and a thin melamine coated hard board curved panel attached with screws and fender washers to the frame.

As you may recall I messed up my measurements, and had to extend it. I didn't want to fully scrap it, so I simply took the biscuit joiner and extended it out. Just took some scrap, cut it to size, joined it with biscuits, and glue, LOTS of glue... Didn't give a care about squeeze out...

The dust hose connection from the saw is adapted to the saw itself using Gorilla tape, and the OE screws, then kept from flapping around with the power cord by using plumbing strap, and again the OE screw from the saw.

I still need to finish the ducting, but once done, I am finished, at least for now, with my dust collection system... FINALLY.





The writeup is on my blogger page,http://daves-workshop.blogspot.com/2...-saw-dust.html

[toolguy1000]

once the DC is done, a video of it in operation would be good.

[capncarl]

Is you dust collector pulling a vacuum on the dust hood as well, or just on the saw guard? My testing revealed that a vacuum on the entire hood did more good than not, and that by leaving the curved hood back piece out gave the large pieces a place to settle down rather than drift out of the hood. These scms's start off small but by the time you get them usable they are the biggest space users in the shop. I sometimes think of junking the scms and picking up a good radial arm saw. At least with a radial arm saw I could use it to break down plywood sheets and not have to have a track saw.
capncarl

[dbhost]

The plumbing connection isn't complete yet, however I have the components to get it connected mostly ready for installation. I will be pulling from the entire hood, with the 1.25" hose simply dropped down the 4" duct in the base.

My first SCMS hood acctually worked okay, not great, but okay, it took a different approach and simply used an angled back piece that allowed the dust to sort of slide toward the chute. The curved back panel I have seen in other hood setups has been reported to work well and I wanted to try it. I built this from scraps to reduce cost. My only non scrap expense to this was I had to pick up a box of pocket screws for it...