rubus Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hey folks, Just wondering the best placement for ductwork from ceiling down to tablesaw. I am having an attached router table on the right of my tablesaw as well as an outfeed/ assemble table in front of the saw. Do you think the upper right of the table would best? I just dont want it on the ground having to walk over it again and again...... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryside Workshop Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 You want it to come from the ceiling down to you exhaust port? Like through the outfeed table? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid-woodworker Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I spent some time with this issue and ultimately it ended up on the floor again. I keep the TS with the left side close enough to the wall that I would not chose to walk that way and run the duct down the wall to the saw and router. In my case it is 6" duct so I built a 6 x 6 x 6 switchable gate rather than split it for both. I still have 30"+ left of the blade so I can rip to the center of a 4' panel. I tried various places from the ceiling down but always found that it was in the way of wide TS cuts or long stock on the router. I guess if my shop was wide enough I would run it down on the left side close to the TS port and 12" or so away from the table edge. You could still walk around it and maintain left of blade rip capacity. BRuce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Bienlein Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Here is how mine is set up. I can crosscut up to 52" with out a problem if I remove the fence for the router table part and about 33" if I leave the router table fence in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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