This is one of my big pet peeves. Dust collection from my Kapex miter saw is terrible. And, supposedly, it's much better than competing models.
So, in my typical overkill fashion, I've been working on a solution.
I bought and installed a Rockler 1250CFM dust collector, and with tons of help installed it on the wall. It's got 6" flexible duct attached to it.
My present setup is with a Festool Mini shop vac with 36mm hose attached. Lots of wood dust scatters on the floor in front of the saw, as well as tons behind and around the saw.
I'm going to build some type of enclosure around the Kapex, and hook that up to the dust collector. Lots of videos on this on Youtube. Some good, some awful. None are taking this approach, because they're sane.
Which would be the preferred approach?
1.) Splitting the 6" dust collector hose into two 4" hoses, one for the Kapex shoot, and one for the box around it.
2.) Continuing to use the Festool vac for the dust shoot and using the 6" hose to connect to a box around the Kapex, so using both.
3.) Any other thoughts?
I know the shop vac will provide more static pressure and the dust collector far more CFM.