In January, I bought a Craftsman 12 inch sliding compound miter saw. I simply LOVE this saw, it is one of the most used tools in my shop, if not the most.

The thing that I didn't like, is just like all SCMS it spewed dust all over.

I decided to build a dust collection "box" behind it, on the old kitchen cabinet that I use for a stand.

The results are below. The collection shroud is built out of 1/4 inch B/C plywood. The 4" flex pipe is connected to the Shroud by 1/2 of a blast gate. One of my blast gates had separated, leaving two halves that have a 4 inch round port on one side and are flat on the other side. I screwed and taped the flat side to the bottom of the Shroud and hooked the hose to the 4" port.