Routed some 3/4 dado's with my new 1400 and guide rail. Dado's turned out great, but the vacuum didn't pick up hardly any of the chips. Is this due to the use of the stabilizer and the gap created between the router base and the plywood or just peculiar to dado cuts? Vacuum worked great with sander, saw, and domino.
Dust collection with 1400 router
- Thread starter jeffcole
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Jeff, did you have the flap closed on the clear plastic dust shroud? Further, I like to utilize the larger size hose, and go over the the dust port, rather than into the dust port with the standard hose.
Were the chips flying out the back of the dado?
Timmy C
Were the chips flying out the back of the dado?
Timmy C
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jeffcole said:
Jeff,
The larger hose will work better, but if you don't have it, what I do is make the cut, then reverse/go back over the dado - cleans it up well.
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There are a couple of tricks to use to reduce saw dust when routing. First, look at where the saw dust wants to go. In making a mortise, you will use the clear plastic chute that brings the dust up and into the hose. Problem with that is that your forward progress will move the clear plastic away from the exiting dust and the dust simply is thrown into the mortise and blocks up very fast. Solution in my book, is to route until the sawdust clogs and move the router back which willl clean the already cut chips and send them up the chute. Try it. You will like it.
I have only tried my 1400 a couple of times. i did not get it until I was ready to go back outside to my day job so i could earn enough gold to purchase more green & black toys. i was not too happy with the dust collection and decided i would eventually (with acquisition of more gold from landscaping) get the larger vac hose.
I have run into problems at times with both the ATF 55 and the OF 1000 spitting a little more dust than expected. i just operate the tool in question with one hand and cup the other hand to the front as i slide the tool along the guide bar. Nearly 100% of the dust returns right back into the hose fitting and on into the CT.
I also have found good results with the method Bob has pointed out.
Tinker
I have run into problems at times with both the ATF 55 and the OF 1000 spitting a little more dust than expected. i just operate the tool in question with one hand and cup the other hand to the front as i slide the tool along the guide bar. Nearly 100% of the dust returns right back into the hose fitting and on into the CT.
I also have found good results with the method Bob has pointed out.
Tinker
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Hi Jeff
Is the dust shroud on the 1400 like my Dewalt 626 which has a separate ring that clips on top and narrows the gap between the shroud and the cutter which you take off for larger diameter cutters.
If so as I found out when I made an adjustable dado jig the other week the dust extraction improved by miles with the ring on. I was using the 12.7mm (1/2") cutter I use for kitchen worktop cutting and the 30mm guide bush and without the ring the dust just poured out everywhere like there was no extraction. Once the ring was fitted hardly any dust.
I cant say much about the 1400 as I don't have one (yet) but the dust shroud looks similar to my Dewalt one on the Festool website apart from the nifty design where you don't need to remove the cutter to fit it (why didn't anyone else think of doing that).
Is the dust shroud on the 1400 like my Dewalt 626 which has a separate ring that clips on top and narrows the gap between the shroud and the cutter which you take off for larger diameter cutters.
If so as I found out when I made an adjustable dado jig the other week the dust extraction improved by miles with the ring on. I was using the 12.7mm (1/2") cutter I use for kitchen worktop cutting and the 30mm guide bush and without the ring the dust just poured out everywhere like there was no extraction. Once the ring was fitted hardly any dust.
I cant say much about the 1400 as I don't have one (yet) but the dust shroud looks similar to my Dewalt one on the Festool website apart from the nifty design where you don't need to remove the cutter to fit it (why didn't anyone else think of doing that).
