duckkisser Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 so I spent the week working on my shop rearranging and cleaning things up. I also got a new miter saw. its a ridged miter saw which is a huge upgrade from my old saw. the nice thing about this saw is I can fit a 2" hose to the back instead of the 1.5 that I cant find a hose to fit. so I was planning on making a dust hood to put on the back. and I have figured out two different styles that I think will work. first is a angled dust collection like this I would prefer to have this system but I only have a 1.5 hp dust collector and I am concerned that it would be too weak a machine to work adequately. http://www.thewoodnerd.com/workshop/dustCollection.html I was also thinking of mounting a funneled box on the back of my bench with a hood feeding into the box and then have my dust collection at the bottom of the box. then having gravity feed the dust into my dust collection. which do you think would be better. also I have seen a few hoods with a plastic cover in the front that keep the extra wood get thrown out the front of the machine. they remind me of the plastic they put in front of industrial freezer doors to keep the cold in. anyone know what they use? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Here is a nice one. It collects the dust and drops it into a box like you are saying http://www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/ChopShop-Saw-Hood-p113.htm Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted August 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ouch 140 when I have scrap and pipe to spare for a dust collection box free or 140 think I'll build something but thanks Shane but that is down the right track on what I was thinking for a gravity feed dust hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Move enough air, and you can catch it all. Here's mine that works great. 3hp DC. 6" duct out the bottom. The DC will handle tablesaw, jointer, and this with no blast gates. We use it inside houses, and not dust anywhere. I built it as a quick prototype, and never had to change anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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