Reason nr. 12 for using a ZCTP

[LCHIEN]

Too lazy to install the ZCTP. Ever wonder what happens to the skinny cutoffs when you rip pieces to final size?

They fall in get sucked up and clog up your DC hoses... this was in my 4" hose from the rear BT3000 dust port and the stuff in the box is what I was able to get out of it. The sharp bend I have in the hose probably didn't help any.

Seemed to be lacking suction. The hose to the belly pan was OK, though, just the one sucking the BT3 dust shroud caught all the cutoffs (if it not a crosscut but a rip cut, are they Ripoffs?).

Culprit is a lot of cutoffs about 5-7 inches long and 1/8" to 1/32" thick by 3/4" wide. Longer than that they stick up and can be pulled out. Shorter than that they can make the curve and pass thru the 4" hose bends.

I was using the original metal throat plate but guess I really need to use the ZCTP I have...

[gsmittle]

Yep. Had the same thing happen the first week I used my saw.

g.

[Stytooner]

I was trimming some polycarbonate and it had some long thin cut offs. Rip offs rather.
I shot two of them out the back port right through the bend in my 4" hose. It took some force to do that.

I installed an elbow there instead of just a plain hose with a bend.

[dbhost]

I always use a ZCTP. I have a few of them. One marked for each blade. Okay not entirely honest. I don't use a ZCTP with the dado stack...

My saw came with a nice stack of throat plates...

[JimD]

I lost my original belts when a thin piece fell into them. Freak thing but I use a wooden plate now. It doesn't get changed enough to be zero clearance but it is a lot less than the metal plate has.

[LCHIEN]

the reason why my ZCTP is not on the saw is that I always forget I need to change it out when making a bevel cut. I start to angle the blade then I feel resistance and look and I've jammed the darn blade and the poor ZCTP is bent and complaining - ugly.

So I put the metal stock TP in and there it stays. Don't know what the solution is.

[rcplaneguy]

One thing I've noticed is much more sawdust on top of the saw using a zctp. Guess the stock plate allows more air flow downwards.

[dbhost]

rcplaneguy,

While there is more dust on top of the saw, a Shark Guard, or similar blade guard with a dust port, hooked of course to your dust collector helps control that.