Richard Madison
01-08-2009, 7:01 PM
Given that some kind of eye protection is a must, not everyone cares to wear a full face shield when cutting segments on the table saw. And even with a DC evacuating dust from the saw cabinet, there is a dust-laden breeze from the saw blade directed at the operator’s face. Considerable time may be spent at the saw cutting hundreds of segments, and the last project exceeded my limit of tolerance for the aforementioned breeze.
There is a good tutorial on line for building a dust hood that hovers above the saw blade and is connected to a DC. For those lacking the resources or inclination to build such a device there is a simple, if somewhat less satisfactory alternative. It is simply a windshield that blocks the dusty breeze from blowing directly at the operator’s face, as shown in the attached photos.
The prototype shown uses 4” of a retired segment sled for the base, a piece of scrap 2x2, and a piece of scrap (hence the hole) acrylic plastic. Eventually I may refine it a bit and add some “grips” to secure it in the T slots with wing nuts on top, but for now a C clamp will do. After the initial test (730 segments cut) I can report that it works well. Plan to put some tape over the hole before resuming segment cutting tomorrow.
Comments and critiques welcome, and thanks for looking.
There is a good tutorial on line for building a dust hood that hovers above the saw blade and is connected to a DC. For those lacking the resources or inclination to build such a device there is a simple, if somewhat less satisfactory alternative. It is simply a windshield that blocks the dusty breeze from blowing directly at the operator’s face, as shown in the attached photos.
The prototype shown uses 4” of a retired segment sled for the base, a piece of scrap 2x2, and a piece of scrap (hence the hole) acrylic plastic. Eventually I may refine it a bit and add some “grips” to secure it in the T slots with wing nuts on top, but for now a C clamp will do. After the initial test (730 segments cut) I can report that it works well. Plan to put some tape over the hole before resuming segment cutting tomorrow.
Comments and critiques welcome, and thanks for looking.