Not sure which YouTube video I saw this on, but someone mentioned using a shop vac in addition to dust collector for the table saw.
Previously I had a DC with splitter 6” hose to bottom of saw, and 4” to within 18” of the blade guard, and then down to 2.5” for the final 18”.
At best this worked OK.
Just a few days ago, I switched over to a rigid shop vac with 2.5” running all the way to the blade guard, and it works tremendously better. I was even a little concerned that the plastic sides of the sawstop guard might get sucked into the blade.
As an extra side benefit I have both the DC and the shop vac wired to a home built box that senses current from saw and turns both on simultaneously.
Duke
Now if I could find some pipe that was fairly thin walled to make an over table support
Previously I had a DC with splitter 6” hose to bottom of saw, and 4” to within 18” of the blade guard, and then down to 2.5” for the final 18”.
At best this worked OK.
Just a few days ago, I switched over to a rigid shop vac with 2.5” running all the way to the blade guard, and it works tremendously better. I was even a little concerned that the plastic sides of the sawstop guard might get sucked into the blade.
As an extra side benefit I have both the DC and the shop vac wired to a home built box that senses current from saw and turns both on simultaneously.
Duke
Now if I could find some pipe that was fairly thin walled to make an over table support