miter saw dust collection - 4" + 2.5" or 5"

[jeff norris 2011]

Currently I am using 5" dust collection from under my mitre saw with a shroud around. It keeps the area clean thanks to gravity and the shroud but does not really pull dust out of the air.

I am thinking of switching it to 4" under neath an 2.5" to the DC port in the saw.

Has anyone tried this kind of setup?

[Tom Dixon]

Mine sort of works. If the Big Gulp under the saw was a Mammoth Gulp it would probably work better. Now that I have it hooked up to a more powerful DC it is catching a lot more.

Photos below are a couple years old now.

DC2.jpg DC5.jpg Detail1.jpg MiterStation.jpg

[jeff norris 2011]

Yes that is almost identical to what I was thinking of. the one change is I basically float my mitre saw over dc under the saw, so there is no where for dust to go but down.

[Bill Kane]

This is a miter saw dust collection solution I evolved into, involving:

1. A plastic barrel shroud.
2. 6” connected to shroud.
3. 2 1/2 “ shop across connected to the saw port.

It works great!

Sorry re pics orientation off. Just couldn’t get it right in the editor.
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