"H.O.W." Table Saw Insert Plate with replaceable Inserts for Sawstop

[festal]

I use ct vac for over the blade dust collection and it works pretty good. Mini gorilla on the bottom

This was ripping 1/2” mdf

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[ChuckM]

Ripping MDF is nasty in terms of dust. The SS overarm tube (connected to a shop vac) really does the job, unless it's an edge cut.

 

[festal]

Ripping MDF is nasty in terms of dust. The SS overarm tube (connected to a shop vac) really does the job, unless it's an edge cut.

Yep This wasn't edge.  so it did pretty good

 

[Hotwheels]

Ripping MDF is nasty in terms of dust. The SS overarm tube (connected to a shop vac) really does the job, unless it's an edge cut.

Yep This wasn't edge.  so it did pretty good

I see the port on the SS guard is 1 9/16 OD or about 39mm. The inside diameter is 1 5/16 or about 33 mm.  Did your hose require an adapter to fit the port?

 

[Birdhunter]

I use a trick for edge cuts on theSawStop and the TS55.

I place a “dam” block of wood where it will block the flow of sawdust. The dam is held in place on the table saw with a MagSwitch. On the MFT, I just use a bigger piece of wood.

Works well.

 

[festal]

Ripping MDF is nasty in terms of dust. The SS overarm tube (connected to a shop vac) really does the job, unless it's an edge cut.

Yep This wasn't edge.  so it did pretty good

I see the port on the SS guard is 1 9/16 OD or about 39mm. The inside diameter is 1 5/16 or about 33 mm.  Did your hose require an adapter to fit the port?

D36 hose fits right over the SS guard without issues.  tight fit too

 

[ChuckM]

I use a trick for edge cuts on theSawStop and the TS55.

I place a “dam” block of wood where it will block the flow of sawdust. The dam is held in place on the table saw with a MagSwitch. On the MFT, I just use a bigger piece of wood.

Works well.

Interesting concept. No risk of kickback (maybe I misunderstood the block placement)? Any pictures showing the set-up?

 

[tsmi243]

I use a trick for edge cuts on theSawStop and the TS55.

I place a “dam” block of wood where it will block the flow of sawdust. The dam is held in place on the table saw with a MagSwitch. On the MFT, I just use a bigger piece of wood.

Works well.

Interesting concept. No risk of kickback (maybe I misunderstood the block placement)? Any pictures showing the set-up?

Put it where the offcut would be, on a normal through-cut.

 

[ChuckM]

That was what I had in mind, but wouldn't it run the risk of kickback in case of the offcut getting pinched?

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[tsmi243]

That was what I had in mind, but wouldn't it run the risk of kickback in case of the offcut getting pinched?

Not if you're just shaving the edge.  If you have an offcut piece, you don't need this thing.

 

[Birdhunter]

If I am just shaving the wood (no cutoff) with the SawStop, the ejected sawdust flies back toward me. The “dam” is placed just off to the side of the wood being cut where it intercepts the stream of sawdust. No way the dam binds the workpiece. The dam has to be high enough to block the sawdust.

 

[ChuckM]

Now I see that our definitions of edge cuts might be slightly different. By edge cuts, I refer to not just the 1/16" cuts on the edge, but also those that result in strips as offcuts that are 1/8" or even 1/4" wide. Cuts like that still produce dust spills for me despite the effectiveness of the overarm dust collection.