The 75 saw

[Charles Wilson]

I noticed in the catalog that the 55 had an attachment that improves the DC.  If anyone has had any experience with this, how much does it improve the DC?  Also, is there a similar attachment for the 75 saw?  I did not see it in the catalog.

Chuck

 

[Brice Burrell]

Chuck, here is a short review of the ( There was a link to a website here.  That link is no longer valid ). I don't know if they make one for the 75.

 

[Tezzer]

I noticed in the catalog that the 55 had an attachment that improves the DC. 

Not sure about the TS, but a dob of blue tac where the plastic connection snaps in to the Domi works a treat ;D

 

[Dan Clark]

Charles,

I have one.  I agree with Brice.  As he said in his review, "... this is not a 'knock your socks off' improvement, I do however find it to be a worth while product." 

It's purpose is to improve dust collection.  Overall, it improves dust collection slightly.  However, it works better when you are cutting in marginal conditions like close to the edge of a board.   

It has a couple of slight downsides.  First, if you want to do bevel cuts, you'll need to remove it.  Second, to use it, you'll need to remove the outside edge green splinter guard.    For me, the first is a minor hassle because I rarely do bevel cuts.  The second is more problematic for me because I like to keep my cuts as splinter free as possible. 

Since I'm more interested in having the splinter guard in place, I don't use it most of the time.  However...  It only takes a minute to remove the splinter guard and install the dust attachment.  So it's worthwhile to have it when I want the absolute best dust collection.

Regards,

Dan.

 

[Greg in Memphis]

For the life of me I can not see any improvements to the dust collection on my TS-75.
I would be more than a little surprised to see this attachment being bought by anyone if they sold it.
I keep a piece of drop cloth under my MFT to catch the one or two percent of dust that does not get sucked up by my CT-22. I pull it up and change it once a week (maybe a quarter of a cup all together)whether it needs it or not.
I'm thinking that the dust collection on the TS 75 is better because the saw model is newer.

just my thoughts

Greg

 

[semenza]

Hi,

      I recently added the cover plate to my TS55. I have no eperience with the TS75. As you said the catalog doesn't show a cover plate for that model, but I am sure one could be made with out too much trouble. I definetly see an improvement in DC in the following situations-  Cutting thin strips, straight line ripping, removing just the kerf with no wood on the right of the blade. Basically any time the saw is close to the right edge of the wood.  Also on MDF, the cover plate  keeps the fine dust from escaping through the openings.                 
      Now, some of the improvement when just removing a kerf, is that it prevents the dust from being blown out to the right. So even if not much more actually gets picked up, the plate still keeps it in check so that it falls  right next to the saw body. Not spraying on everything to the right of were you are working. This can be especially useful working inside a house or if you want to cut down on general shop clean up.
      I remove the cover plat and put the splinter guard back on when it really matter. Or the other way round for cutting close to an edge.
      You can actually leave the CP on for about half of the bevel range, It just needs to be adjusted out away from the saw body to allow the saw to tip. The openings in the blade shroud will not be closed off but the dust is still prevented from blowing out to the right.  I did this just a couple days ago when beveling a board along its edge.
      One other thing is that the CP is also a guide to run up against a wall or the like. Say when cutting floor near a wall, or something of that nature. That is why the plate is covered by that brown (phenolic?) material like on the router bases along the bottom portion.
      I used the ATF55 for several years without the plate, and have used the TS55 both ways enough to know that I like using the cover plate for the given situations.

Seth