Bandsaw Dust Collection

[ssmith1627]

Saw an article either in Workbench or Popular Woodworking -- actually a response to a person's letter. It was talking about the problem of dust ending up in the housing for the lower wheel in bandsaws.

Their solution was to cut a hole in the door to the lower wheel and attach to it a 4" dust collection hood. Thought it was a bit drastic but still interesting. Have any of you guys taken that step ?

They showed closing up the normal dust collection port on the saw but I didn't think that made sense. Why not just put in a Y and collect from both locations.

Would be interested to hear if anyone has tried this.

Steve

[ChrisD]

Steve,

I asked the same question several weeks ago and got a lot of good responses, along with pics of their setup:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=24129

Here's what I ended up doing:

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=24252

I left the stock port under the table as is and did not hook it up to the DC. I find it unnecessary, at least with my setup.

Hope that helps.

[ssmith1627]

Thanks very much !

I don't know why I didn't search before I posted that.....

Steve

[John Hunter]

Here it is on my HF Bandsaw. I also hooked a 4" to the front dust shoot. The one going into the housing for the lower wheel works great at keeping the sawdust out.