Anyone figured out how to catch dust from MFT?

[Jesse Cloud]

Wondering if anyone has figured out a cool jig to catch the dust that comes from the back of the MFT in line with the guide rail.  I love my MFT and all the festools with their excellent dust collection, but this is the one spot that makes a mess.  Seems like one could fabricate some sort of deflector that drops the dust into a bucket or something???

 

[Tinker]

I sometimes just cup my hand in front of my 55 or the OF 1000.  Both tools can be operated using one hand. The use of the other hand seems to feed the dust right back into the vac hose/fittings
Tinker

 

[semenza]

Hi,

       The area that would be straight in front of the blade?   How about a U shaped deflector?  Say three pieces of plywood - one short leg to bolt to the MFT side slot, the bottom of the U long enough to move the other leg away from the end of the rail so the saw won't hit it, and the other leg sticking up as the deflector. I use support pieces under the ends of the rail on my cutting table. The support piece stops most of the dust that could escape.  

Seth

 

[Eli]

I catch it in the end of a CT22 hose.

 

[stvrowe]

I don't have an MFT however, a little thinking outside the box and previous experience with other dust collection problems quickly gets the answer.  Place your cup of coffee near the offending dust producer and wahla - the dust is magically collected on top of your coffee.  ;D
Steve

 

[neoshed]

hahahahahah^^^

 

[Corwin]

chew gum?  how 'bout some masking tape.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Although this falls way short of qualifying as a "cool jig", I just put a piece of scrap wood the same thickness as the work piece butted to the work piece where the saw will exit. As long as the blade is in wood the dust will be thrown up into the saw housing and sucked away.

This works perfectly for the first cut and less well for subsequent cuts but if you use Tinker's trick at the end of the subsequent cuts it works pretty good. If you don't like the idea of putting your hand in front of the saw just put a piece of tape over the kerf in the scrap block (before each cut) and it works perfectly again.

 

[Corwin]

... just put a piece of tape over the kerf in the scrap block (before each cut) and it works perfectly again.

Slick!  This gets two thumbs up even without pics.

 

[Eli]

Good one Michael. Better than a jig.

 

[gkeas]

Although this falls way short of qualifying as a "cool jig", I just put a piece of scrap wood the same thickness as the work piece butted to the work piece where the saw will exit. As long as the blade is in wood the dust will be thrown up into the saw housing and sucked away.

This works perfectly for the first cut and less well for subsequent cuts but if you use Tinker's trick at the end of the subsequent cuts it works pretty good. If you don't like the idea of putting your hand in front of the saw just put a piece of tape over the kerf in the scrap block (before each cut) and it works perfectly again.

I have used this exact method.  On the "subsequent cuts" where the results are a bit marginal, I just breathe in very deeply and the garage stays clean ;D