I bought this 12' table saw in 1993, I think it was made in the early '50s but it's been a great saw for us. To control the dust we turn on a couple big fans, one blowing across the table, and it all gets sucked out the back door. I'd like to hook it up to the dust collector now as the sawdust pile outside the back door is getting pretty big! Image 1.
I have a question about sealing up the case so there's better suction and collection out the 4" hole at the bottom rear of the saw. How do you seal that large side area around the motor? Image 2. I used to use a piece I cut out of cardboard for the large side area, cut around the motor. It helped but there were a lot of gaps so it wasn't sealing well and I just stopped using dust collection on it.
and the two open areas on the front of the saw? Image 3. What do you use?