Cabinet Table Saw Dust Collection

[Joe Smith]

I have a PM66 and the dust collection is not that good.  I do not have a overarm collector thing, but I do have dust collection hooked to the port on the back of it.  I have great suction from my dust collector, but it is pulling the air from all the wrong places, like where the table hooks to the cabinet and where the adjustment handles come out of the cabinet. Since I use a zero clearance insert, no air is getting through near the blade.  Other then buying a overhead blade guard thing (eventually I will), what else can I do? What are all of you doing with you saws and dust collection?

 

[Alan m]

hi there
i have a small europeans slider. the dc was pathetic, the crown guard was pathetic. i bought an overhead guard with built in dc this works great. inside the saw was pathetics as well. the 4" dc pipe came in through a hole and went up the the back of the trunions etc, a metal plate on the side of the side of the saw blade area funneled (supposed to )the dust into the dc. too many gaps and in the wrong place.
i took all this out and funneled the base of the saw cabinet into the dc. i built a square box with a slot on the top that acted as a pipe , sides were attached to this that funneled the dust into the dc air stream.
i know this is not perfect but is good. eventually i will strip down the saw and clean it and grease it etc, i will make a more accuraqte version when i can get at it easier.

i know this is hard to picture so i will post a pic or 2 later.

 

[Julian Tracy]

Zero clearance inserts really hurt the dust collection.  One thing that'll help is to drill a series of holes around the blade kerf to give it some airflow options.

I have an older Unisaw and use it in my basement, only about 15' from my laundry area, so I try to do the best I can.

I use a Biessy overhead blade guard with dust collection hookup and it gets most of the dust that spews off the wood being cut.  I haven't done any mods to the cabinet to enable any cabinet level dust collection, though the entire base is sealed up and has a motor cover.  One thing I noticed is that the stock dust diverter pc. of formed sheet metal attached to the trunnions has a huge effect on how much gets spit out of the bevel lever slot.  If you don't have something like that in your saw, take a look a Unisaw trunnion pics online and I'm sure you'll come up with a few showing it.

Best tablesaw dust collection I've had was with the smaller or newer saws that have a 2 1/2" dust port right to a shroud that surrounds the blade.

Here's my Unisaw setup:

Nice looking setup Chris.

JT

 

[EdL]

I used magnetic sign material to block off holes on my Uni. Improved the dust collection quite a bit.

Ed

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Zero clearance inserts really hurt the dust collection.  One thing that'll help is to drill a series of holes around the blade kerf to give it some airflow options.

I have an older Unisaw and use it in my basement, only about 15' from my laundry area, so I try to do the best I can.

I use a Biessy overhead blade guard with dust collection hookup and it gets most of the dust that spews off the wood being cut.  I haven't done any mods to the cabinet to enable any cabinet level dust collection, though the entire base is sealed up and has a motor cover.  One thing I noticed is that the stock dust diverter pc. of formed sheet metal attached to the trunnions has a huge effect on how much gets spit out of the bevel lever slot.  If you don't have something like that in your saw, take a look a Unisaw trunnion pics online and I'm sure you'll come up with a few showing it.

Best tablesaw dust collection I've had was with the smaller or newer saws that have a 2 1/2" dust port right to a shroud that surrounds the blade.

Here's my Unisaw setup:

Nice looking setup Chris.

JT

You sir are a lucky man to have the goose egg cover for that.