Has anyone here had any success fabricating an effective dust collection system for a radial arm saw?
Has anyone here had any success fabricating an effective dust collection system for a radial arm saw?
Hello Robert,
Sure, and works well.
1000 digital words below.
Per
"all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T.E. Lawrence
Per
What a nice looking set-up! Is the box stationary or does it move with the swing of the arm and/or the blade?
Thanks for the pix.
Bob
Robert,
Its stationary.
The amazing thing,
The sawdust is always kicked in to the box
because a RAS is a turret and the table is stationary
as opposed to the problems encountered with a mitre saw.
Per
"all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
T.E. Lawrence
I have one with a design like Per, but the implementation is embarrasing duct tape (the prototype worked so it has stayed that way for a year or more).
I second the recommendation on how well it works EXCEPT when you say "for this one small cut, I don't need to turn on the dust collector." Then mine carefully deflects at least half of the sawdust directly back at the operator who was too lazy to turn on the DC.
My setup is a "Big Gulp" (MCLS, Sears, Rockler) plastic hood behind the table, hung on the clamping bolts of the table itself.
For ripping I use a small diameter hose attached to the blade guard.
This gets more than 80% of the dust.
BILL FIELDS
This is my Dc hook up although I need to re-hook it up to the system. I extended the system one evening over to the CMS & didn't have a y to hook it up to the RAS too. The rest of the posts are right a RAS is easy to collect dust from. But it works better if you can get closer to the back of the blade housing.
I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.
My web page has a pop up. It is a free site, just close the pop up on the right side of the screen
What is a "Big Gulp"? Some kind of shroud made for RAS dust collection?
Bob
Not only is it a large, economically priced fountain drink, it is a big pricey, plastic box with a dc hookup port.
Robert
You can see a big gulp here.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=228013
I would still make my own because it will work better & won't cost as much. My goodness here is a chance to use up a little scrap.
I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.
My web page has a pop up. It is a free site, just close the pop up on the right side of the screen
Bart
Thanks for taking the time to find me a link to the Big Gulp. Since the picture doesn't look much like a large economical soft drink, my guess is that it's the pricey plastic DC port Kyle talked about.
Thanks again
Bob
Guys-
I have 2 0f the plastic Gulps--one dedicated to the RAS and the other "floating"--mostly applied to the SCMS.
I THINK the cost was uner $17 each --and you can't build one for less than that! Rockler is not the cheapest on things like this.
None of the above apps works perfectly--supplemental DC is in order --especially if you are doing lots of MDF and other foul materials.
BILL
Here's the big gulp hooked up to a 4" line.
Robert,
Came across this the other day:
http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,1860.htm
It's only $4.70, but shipping may make it closer to $14.
Just FYI,
Wes
And here's a Big Gulp hooked up to another 4" line:
Radial Arm Saw Big Gulp.JPG
- Vaughn