Chop saw hood plans. The miter saw is the worst offender spewing it everywhere. Making the miter saw extension table. Contain sawdust easily with this diy miter saw dust hood. Miter saw dust collection.
Only 6 left in stock order soon. Unsubscribe from jay visnansky. I made a dust hood with sliding adjustable doors which makes it easy to open up for mitered cuts. Making a dust hood for my miter saw.
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. To make things even more challenging ive got a beastly 12 ridgid sliding compound miter saw. Making a miter saw dust hood jay visnansky. But they were all either too expensive too labor intensive to make or didnt work with my 12 sliding miter saw.
Miter saw dust collection. The dust ports found on most miter saws arent particularly helpful. You can build a hood for your saw from plywood and a few fittings. Rousseau 5000 l lighted dust solution for.
Today im upgrading the miter saw station with dust collection. 42 out of 5. I decided to create my own miter saw dust hood instead using a baby tent. Get it as soon as mon jun 1.
The chips and sawdust it creates get everywhere. A simple mobile solution a miter saw is often the first big tool purchase of a diy workshop. Not a big inconvenience and the hood still works and the support is easily reinstalled when i have made my cuts. Then i have to temporarily pull out one of the hood supports.
A few months back i built a no fence miter saw station for my garage shop. Fastcap sawhood white chop shop saw hood white. 42 out of 5 stars 122. A miter saw is one of the handiest tools you can own and one of the messiest.
I have the chopshop hood with a makita compound miter saw mounted on a dewalt saw stand. Even when hooked up to a shop vac it still leaves a huge mess. Amazons choice for miter saw hood. In a previous post i rounded up the best miter saw dust collection ideas i could find.
It works fine except when i am cutting at a 45 degree angle. Rousseau 5000 dust solution for miter saws silver. This video does a great job of comparing different brands to see which miter saw dust collection ports create the least sawdust. Regular readers know that i just finished setting up a dust management system in my workshop and im really pleased with the results.