Catching dust at the end of a TS cut ?

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I've started thinking about ways to try and catch the dust that shoots out of the end of  TS75 cuts on my MFT/3, particularly longer cuts ending closer to the end of the table.    I started thinking about trying to clamp some sort of bracket on the far end rails, that could hold something like a Big Gulp hooked up to DC, maybe the bracket could slide farther out if pushed by the saw for those longer cuts.  But the space there is somewhat limited as the hinge thingie is mounted there too (but would be on the other side of the cut line).

Does anybody have any good ideas ? I never see a point in re-inventing the wheel and there are far more clever people here than I  [wink].
 
Nope!  But I do think you will be creating something which could be awkward and actually get in the way or adding weight you don't want to your rail all for a little bit of dust.   

You want some kinda riving knife mechanism on the saw it's self at the front which drops down and curls under just before you reach the end of the cut.  So you won't need a separate hose as the hose attach to the TS already will do the job.

Jmb
 
I do not think a hood would need to be very big to catch the dust at the end of the cut. It shoots out pretty straight. Something  about 4" x 4" would probably do it.  Shouldn't be too big a deal to slip it into the MFT T slot.
Or maybe a little bigger and it might contain it with out suction , just a catch bin.

JMB a front end "riving knife" to close the gap ..... love it.

Fred, do you have a pic of the boot set up?

Seth
 
how  about if you got a short length of hose (say 27mmor 36mm) and put a y fitting behind the ts 55/75 so that the dc is split. the end of the new bit could be bolted to the front of the saw above the kerf line. this should catch a lot of dust up front.  turning up the vac a bit will help ( i run the vac at half usually) with the dc loss
 
I hooked up a Big Gulp (from Rockler) to my Cyclone and mounted the Big Gulp to a cheap roller type stand, with the roller removed. It works very well, is portable, height adjustable and puts no strain on anything that matters.

        Jason
 
I got one of those 4 dollar cardboard leaf boxes that folds out with a wide mouth.  I cut 3 sides of the box so it would tilt.  Put a bag on the bottom and tilted the "mouth at the end of the rail.  All of the dust shoots in the hole and all small scraps I just throw in the "mouth" and it all collects in the bag.  Takes care of about 95% of the dust that the TS55 doesn't collect. $4 + 15 minutes and some duct tape.  Done.
 
Some interesting responses here.  One of the old tips here from years ago that addressed any dust that shoots down an existing kerf in your table was to place a piece of masking tape over the open kerf that extends beyond the material you are cutting.  I have used this on may occasions and found it useful.
 
Eli and Corwin,

Such simplistic solutions  are unacceptable  [big grin]

Seth
 
I found that if you just put a board at the end of the cut, no dust comes out.
 
SRSemenza said:
Eli and Corwin,

Such simplistic solutions  are unacceptable  [big grin]

Seth
Click to expand...

Hey, I'll go one better.  How 'bout you just remove the plugit cord before attempting to operate the saw.  Now, that should do it!  [tongue]
 
Don't forget to unplug the vac hose. Don't want the extra drag to affect operation!
 
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