dust extraction hoods

[Alan m]

i was wonderibg if any body has made one of those hoods that goes behind their chopsaw and catchs the dust that escapes the vac and guides it into a bucket . i know i could but one but i thought they were ver big and akward to transport. has any body made or dreamt of one that will fold up small preferably one that will fit in the bucket

 

[ccarrolladams]

When we need to work on a client's site, we use a Kapex with a dedicated CT36, using a 36mm AntiStatic hose. That catches most of the dust.

In our shop in addition to many Festool CT22 dust extractors, of course we have conventional dust collection. In my shop the same Kapex we take on-site is kept on a rolling cart with a CT22. Both of our installed Kapex not only have dedicated CT22, behind them we have commercial miter/chop saw shrouds connected with 100mm hose to the main DC system.

I have never seen anyone actually using a folding system set up behind a chop saw out on-site. There are a few such folding shrouds that connect to shop vacs.