Nissim Avrahami
05-29-2006, 4:24 PM
Good day
All my circular saws came without dust collection port. At that time, in Japan, I was working in one room of the apartment, and I could not “afford” so much dust coming out.
One day, I saw those green conical “cups” in the gardening department, and the light came ON.
I grind an elongated hole in the blade cover, cut the closed bottom of the green cone and glue it around the opening.
To reduce even more the dust, I covered the open side of the blade with cardboard and small screws. I also covered small openings on the other side with cardboard and carpet tape.
I don’t know the name of the glue, but it looks like a white cylinder outside and gray cylinder inside, you cut a piece and you have to knead it with your fingers till it becomes grayish and apply it, it hardens like an iron and you can file it or drill it.
I’m using the saw in the “full blade” position all the time, if you want to use it partially extended, you can put another sliding cardboard (or thin ply) over the “full cover”.
Regards
niki
All my circular saws came without dust collection port. At that time, in Japan, I was working in one room of the apartment, and I could not “afford” so much dust coming out.
One day, I saw those green conical “cups” in the gardening department, and the light came ON.
I grind an elongated hole in the blade cover, cut the closed bottom of the green cone and glue it around the opening.
To reduce even more the dust, I covered the open side of the blade with cardboard and small screws. I also covered small openings on the other side with cardboard and carpet tape.
I don’t know the name of the glue, but it looks like a white cylinder outside and gray cylinder inside, you cut a piece and you have to knead it with your fingers till it becomes grayish and apply it, it hardens like an iron and you can file it or drill it.
I’m using the saw in the “full blade” position all the time, if you want to use it partially extended, you can put another sliding cardboard (or thin ply) over the “full cover”.
Regards
niki