Thread: Sliding Compound Mitre Saw

G'day Andy and welcome to the forum
having a box for the dust collection is a good idea and has been done before and been posted on this site somewhere. Had a quick look couldnt find but someone will come up with it.the thing to do is to attach vac to your dust outlet of scms by using reducing connector and this should reduce dust quite a bit but the box in conjunction with this is the way to go .just remembered while typing this that gifkin sawbench design maybe the one.
try here its for a drop saw but should give you an idea or two http://www.gifkins.com.au

G,day yourself mate, its 9pm over here and freezing.

Thanks for the reply, I wondered if reducing the hose size was the key.
I've had a look at Bill's Cyclone site and I'm baffled.

Will have a search for the gifkin sawbench design, even if its not the correct design it will probably help for my other big stuff.

Cheers

Andy

hi wookster.

what type of saw are you using.

i use the festool kapex dropsaw. when connected to a normal house vac with a 36mm hose it picks up about 85 - 90 percent of the dust.

i also use the mighty makita ls 1013 for site work. when connected to a house vac it picks up about 70 - 80 percent of the dust.

the big difference between these two saws is the rubber shroud on the kapex. it really helps a lot. if i was'nt so lazy, i could easily make a rubber shroud from a piece of flexible rubber and screw it to the makita. i am sure this would help a lot.

before going to the extreme of making the big box which sits behind the saw, i recommend looking at the kapex dust shroud first.

i am not recommending that you have to buy the festool kapex. i am just recommending that you copy that idea first before going to the trouble of making a big dust box.

regards, justin.

Hi Justin,

My saw is made by Axminster, although I doubt the make is known over there.
Quality in every other respect is superb.

I've found this link on the kapex http://www.fixy.co.uk/products/department127.cfm and I can see what you mean about the shroud. Seriously worth a look at, not a doddle to make but only a couple of quid's worth of sheet steel to make up.

Many Thanks

Andy

Hi Andy,

I made a dust box for my SCMS which I took a pic of in my cyclone thread, post #79. It was not finished at that stage, I put sliding doors on it which slide to compensate when the saw is angled. It works quite well. I fitted a short length of hose to the outlet of the saw and poked it up the 6" dust port to the cyclone.

Check it out here-----
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f200/n...34/index6.html

Apricotripper (forum member here) also built one similar and posted some pics in his thread, a search should find it also.

Edit-- Here it is https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/lo...-reakon-77393/

I use one of these. Called a 'Big Gulp Dust Hood'. Google it and you'll find lots of suppliers.



Mike