I hated having the dust collector hoses weaving under the table, blocking my walking area to the door, so I finally decided to dedicate a shop vac to the mitre. I purchased an Ivac(I think thats what its called) power box, so I hit the mitre, the shop vac goes on, delays 7 seconds, ok, no biggie, Im always way behind on this stuff.
Now, I dont care what anyone posts, I find it close to impossible to expect anything more than 70% dust collection at their mitre. If they build an elaborate hood(I finally figured out a design, but ofcourse, I dont have the space so I cant do it), with proper ducting underneath, gravity will get 90% of the dust into the collector.
I used what I had, and trust me, it isnt pretty, but its a little more effective.
I do mostly cross cuts, not many angles, so thats what I concentrated on.
I bent some sheet metal again, made the backboard larger, and enlarged the hole in the back of the mitre table.
Using the shop vac, the lines are only 1.5 inches wide. If a piece of wood shot into the hole, it would likely jam the vacuum.
I used some rebar, at least thats what I think it is, like chicken fence, but alot smaller holes, but perfect to prevent small pieces of wood from going in.
I couldnt find a 1 inch plastic y, so I used a T for now.
One line into the machine, as they intended at their narrow narrow dust port, the scoop under the machine.
Well, its not perfect, but Im going to have to settle for it until I can get a larger shop where I can make a much larger hood that goes well below the table so I can get better collection.
like I said, not pretty, but working.
I cannot get any pictures to upload. Im not sure whats happenning, but Ive uploaded hundreds of pictures here, I think something is wrong today.there is an exclamation point after I hit upload, and its stating uploading failed.