saw dust collection

[Daryl185]

ok I need some suggestions from dewalt owners seems my new saw loves to make tons more sawdust then my old saws ever did either that or its from using plywood a lot more, dewalts do not have a dust trap nor do they have a vacume hookup are there any dewalt owners who can post pictures or something on how they deal with, I am having to stop every so offten just to vacume up sawdust TIA

[PuzzledMoose]

I am having to stop every so offten just to vacume up sawdust TIA

Sorry not to be helpful but me too ..lol

If you want to see a LOT of sawdust try cutting red cedar with spirals - yikes!

[Daryl185]

all my other saws have dust traps with a port for the vacume but non on the dewalt someone a while back had posted a picture of a home made hookup but it exscapes me who it was

[workin for wood]

It would be cheapest and easiest to import some of Bob's well trained termites.

[BobD (Archive)]

Kevin's wood worms are more accurate!!!

Bob

[Daryl185]

ah but can you ship worms and termites through the mail or UPS?

[earlinjax]

I have a Jet dust collector and when I had my Dewalt I snaked a 4" hose between the front legs of the stand up in front of the table adjuster with the open end right under the table. It did a fairly decent job. Tied it on with zip ties.

I am looking for a good way to pick up the top dust. I'm hoping some folks will post pix in the "See Your Saw" thread.

EarlinJax

[thecopperfish]

I did the same as EarlinJax did with a hose up the leg underneath and tied on with zip ties but I also have a hose up above running along the arm zipped tied on to the arm. Not perfect but works pretty fair.
Chris

[Janette]

I have a hose coming up from the bottom as well as one that runs along side the arm and hovers just above where you cut. Most of the time it works great unless I have a really long board. It gets a lot of the dust, but not everything.

Janette

[Pagan]

Handy

Hi all...

The sawdust that is made is collected and saved for the current floodings in my shed nowadays and it is very handy if you have spilt any paint...

Danny

[lucky788scroller]

You are right, your dewalt does make more sawdust then your previous saw. Quite simply, its because you are now enjoying yourself, and are cutting nonstop!!! My saws are in the basement, I let the dust pile up and sweep it up when I get hounded enough! Dale

[PuzzledMoose]

My saws are in the basement, I let the dust pile up and sweep it up when I get hounded enough! Dale

I have the same system ..lol

I reckon that if you sweep up every time you plane anything you miss out on the wonderful mixture of colours from a range of woods ...

[rms112462]

saw dust collection

Hey everybody check this site out this guy uses a dryer blower/motor for his saw dust collecting www.copycarver.com/Dust_collector.htm maybe this will help

rms112462

[Daryl185]

thanks for the link RMS I think I'll give that a try it looks simple enough to make

[Dchatley]

If Iam cutting hardwoods(or making pens) I actually try to save alot of the dust for use later.

You can make some pretty neat effects by stack cutting 2 contrasting woods and using a some of your saved dust mixed with epoxy/glue,flip the pieces and fill the gaps and sand smooth when you are done.

I have also thought about trying the same thing with fretwork....put a on a backer and fill up the frets with a dust/glue mixture of a contrasting shade.
And sand it flush to the surface. .....Might make it look like inlay.


Dan