Thread: Wadkin PK dust collection

Nice one Rob - I'll be looking to fashion something up for mine when I get it - this gives me a good idea

Hi Rob,

Did you previously have a 100mm duct port on your PK? If so, did you find much of an improvement in increasing to 150mm? I’m currently installing a metal duct system as well, so keen to know if it’s worthwhile in building a new port like you have done.

Regards,
Raymond

Hi Raymond .
No I had nothing prior to this fitting . I just took a dust shower every time I used it .
I went with 150 because it’s the recommended size that the guys use and talk about in the dust extraction part of forum . And it’s a good match anyway for the back Of the PK, DR and RD.
I have a thread in the dust extraction part of forum that I will add the link to here later which is about my set up which is all metal 150 and 200 spiral duct . It’s fantastic .
I wouldn't go smaller on the PK if I had a choice .
I get huge suction under the table on the PK and it’s very good but I still have some dust escaping through the gaps around the blade flask. And the fence / blade alignment throws some back at me as well . Marcello did a great removable addition under his table to seal off gaps which he says is 100% affective . I would like to do the same . And I’ve still got to sort fence alignment a little better.

Rob

The Extraction link at page 5
Questions about a second hand set up.

Hi Rob - side question if I may....your AGS10 looks like it has a cast iron extension table and nothing holding it up ??? Original was sheet metal with a couple of legs...What's going on there?
Looks like you're making plenty of progress with your new setup.
Hope all's well with you
John

Hi John .
Yes it does have a cast iron extension to the table that is original I think . The saw came from a McEwans hardware store I was told, and they would have ordered it that way . I’ve never seen a cast iron extension as an option in my catalogs though , only sheet metal . It’s got two legs holding it up as well . Standard Wadkin Bursgreen I think .
I will add pictures later . I tried before and couldn’t get it to load .

Rob

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I've never seen one with the iron extension table Rob - thanks for the photos.
The iron top (thickness and end radii) certainly look like Wadkin Bursgreen - is it a single piece or two "wings" joined in the center ?
Interesting dust hood over the motor too...never seen that before either...is it closed in at the bottom ?
Apologies for the questions in your PK thread !!
I like that you have the whole thing including the extension on a single pallet (with a tow ball !!) Mine is directly on the floor and a real pain to move...I see a similar pallet in the near future!
John

No probs with me changing subject mid thread John .
No tow ball on that one but I do add wheels and have a tow point on some other things .
It’s a seperate piece and held in place by four bolts through the front and rear round bar .
The dust hood door I made and fitted . There is a thread here somewhere that shows all this I think . From a long time ago .
Its open inside at the bottom . That’s where the extraction takes the dust . The saw used to be on the wooden floor in the old workshop and dust extraction pipe went through that floor . Raising it on a pallet here with the concrete floor is how the dust extraction takes it away now . Most of my things are on custom pallets now . I shift them with the pallet Jack . The pallets also enabled me to get the two tabke saws level with each other which is good fir saving space . One out feeds to the other . I keep a thin kerf blade in the 10 AGS Bursgreen .

Thanks for the details Rob - always interested to see what's going on in your workshop !!
Regards
John

Originally Posted by jcge

Thanks for the details Rob - always interested to see what's going on in your workshop !!
Regards
John

Thank you John .
Here's the link I did to the restoration of the 10AGS .

Wadkin Bursgreen tilting Arbor AGS 10" table Saw