Thread: DIY dewalt table saw cheap dust extractor

I've got a small garage which houses a car, a bike, a workbench, a makeshift clothesline, and all the other trappings an inner city workspace can cram in. My fav tool at the moment is a compact, portable DeWalt table saw but when using it the dust goes everywhere in my garage. I needed to come up with a dust collector that:
- was small and could be packed away after use like my table saw
- wasn't going to require me to butcher my brand new table saw to make it work
- wasn't a hassle to to hook up and use which meant I'd actually use it each time I needed to do any cutting
- was fairly cheap to create

I created a cheapo dust extractor that uses a shopvac connected to the dust port on my DeWalt table saw and automatically starts/stops when I use the saw. If it's of any interest to peeps, I created an instructable for it here:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Aut...alt-Table-Saw/

I've been using it for quite a while now and it works really well.