Chop Saw Dust Collection Hood

Regular readers know that i just finished setting up a dust management system in my workshop and im really pleased with the results.

Chop saw dust collection hood. You will be amazed at how effective this product is. The saw hood was designed by a general contractor to eliminate the catastrophic dust problem created by miter saws. The dust collection hood is a simple box thats attached to the base for the miter saw. A miter saw is one of the handiest tools you can own and one of the messiest.

I made a dust hood with sliding adjustable doors which makes it easy to open up for mitered cuts. Unfortunately this one wouldnt work for my sliding compound miter saw unless i made it a foot deeper. Chop saw hood portable dust control duration. Fastcaps chopsaw hood to capture the dust before it spreads around the room and sticks to.

One lacking component was dust collection for my miter saw and if youve ever used a miter saw you know that they can kick up a cloud of dust. A few months back i built a no fence miter saw station for my garage shop. Build your own miter saw dust collection. To make things even more challenging ive got a beastly 12 ridgid sliding compound miter saw.

The chips and sawdust it creates get everywhere. Miter saw dust collection. You can build a hood for your saw from plywood and a few fittings. This dust hood helps corral the mess by giving it somewhere to gointo a dust collector or shop vacuum.

This miter saw hood plan on the build something site is a good way to use up all those oddly shaped plywood scraps. Today im upgrading the miter saw station with dust collection. The saw hood pro is identical in function to the saw hood but is made out of spring steel so it can fit into a compact bag.