I wanted to make some progress today. Got most of the air gun cabinet done, just need a door.
I opened the sawstop and layed out all the pieces and got all the packing material out of the garage so we have plenty of room. I put away everything else and straightened up so we can work on the saw and the sander tomorrow.
First thing this morning, I ran a dust line for the mitre saw. Basically a waste of time, because makita has a 1.5 or 1.75 inch hole for the dust extraction, and my 50-760 works fine on every other machine in the shop except this one. I dont have much better luck with the TS, but Ridgid at least has a 2.5 inch port.
Eventually, I will run completely new dust lines, probably pvc piping, IM just not up to the point where I decided whether Im going to sell my 6x6 shed and replace it with a 10x10 shed(village code allows up to a 10x10 shed), and Ill stick the dust collector in there, just run an extension so Im not breaking codes. Or build a seperate little "garden tools" type of mini shed attached to garage wall and put the collector in there.(that will probably be a no no with code, but there are no rules against garden tool type of sheds to hold rakes and stuff)
Im not sure which direction I want to go yet, thats next years headache.
Wont help the dust collection on the mitre though.
Thats a 4 inch line going to 2.5 inch, then I had a piece that fit very snug and tight into 2.5 inch, and reduced down to the outside perimeter of the makita saw, but I taped it with duct tape just to make sure I wasnt losing any air. Most of the dust comes out the bottom of the saw, and even with a big scoop in back of it, Id still have dust flying south.
