Thread: 14in bandsaw advice

I have the Hammer N4400. I would say dust collection is good. The cabinet hose fitting is 125 mm but oddly (stupidly?) the cutout in the cabinet was only about 110 mm so I opened it up to 125 mm. I have thought about opening it further to 150 mm but I don’t think it really needs it. I also have an overhead pickup point near the blade but it doesn’t seem to do much. I don’t mind a few chips left on the table after use - if I can see them and sweep them up with a brush and pan, they’re not in my lungs or floating around the shop.

Leigh


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Originally Posted by doug3030

If your dust extractor is pulling enough air out of the machine I would think you would be better off NOT sealing around the door. The seals would restrict the clean air being pulled into the saw to replace the dusty air being extracted. If you don't have ir coming in then it severely limits the airflow out and then nothing happens.

maybe, but all I know, there was dust escaping around the door, and i put the rubber sealing tape around, and it stopped coming out from there and went into the two extraction hoses and was gone. So I figured it worked ok. There’s still a big gap between the body and the table for air to be inhaled into.