Sawstop Overarm Dust Collection

[Richard Gibson]

Necessity is the mother of invention. (small vacuum hose from Home Depot, some PVC, and two 1x4"s suspended from the ceiling.

[Rod Sheridan]

Mark,

I plan to build an outfeed table soon so that a great tip about turning the brackets upside down.

Rod,

When making dado cuts you need to take the guard with dust collection off and switch to the riving knife splitter.

Thanks, so therefore no guard when making dadoes.

Back to the Excalibur then...........Rod.

[Will Overton]

Rod,

When making dado cuts you need to take the guard with dust collection off and switch to the riving knife splitter.

According to SawStop (it's in the manual), you can't use the riving knife when cutting dadoes. Dado sets are 8" and the riving knife is designed for a 10" blade. It would project too high above the blade. The good thing is, there is no need for a riving knife when cutting dadoes as there is nothing to 'split'.

[John Petsche]

nice photos of the dust arm and its attachment. I think the option is nice for individuals running smaller dust collectors that don't have the overhead drop ports to use. Thanks.