Originally Posted by
Jeffrey Makiel
The issue is that the ramp inside the cabinet at the bottom is not sloped enough. Dust particles land on the ramp and gravity is not helping the dust get to the end of the ramp where the slotted dust collection port is.
> Gravity ain't in the game. Directing the airflow is the game - the entire game. If you are relying on gravity to manage the dust in your TS, or anywhere else in the shop, it will be disappointing.
Plugging up all the openings in your cabinet will make this problem worse. In order to pull a large amount of air out of the cabinet, you need to let air in. But, again, the ramp is so poorly sloped, that even a huge hole to let air into the cabinet won't help.
> Plugging all the holes means that the air that is not coming in at all of the widely-scattered OEM holes and gaps.
> This means that YOU can now put holes/slots in the cabinet to [a] allow enough air to enter, but [b] not too much air, [c] at the appropriate locations to direct the airflow in a manner that moves the dust where you want it to go.
> You don't want a "huge hole". The cabinet is nothing BUT a huge hole already. You want holes/slots that direct the airflow, and that can be easily managed with tape or mag sheets.
Eventually, dust builds up at the bottom and blocks the slot.
> No, it won't, if you do it correctly. I do get some build-up, but it reaches a certain level, and does not block the slot.
Plugging the holes is not the answer as it will starve the flow more and more dust will spit from the spinning blade. By plugging the holes, you are only addressing the symptom.
> No, sorry...you are not "only addressing the symptom", you are treating the disease: meaning, there are many entry points for airflow that do absolutely nothing to move the dust where you want the dust to go. To get the dust to go where you want it to go, you have to direct the airflow. To do this, you must stop air from entering in all the extraneous openings.