Originally Posted by
Carl Oresick
I was wondering if any 10-325 owners could comment on the dust collection performance of the single 4" port. I was loking for a dual port setup but if it works...
Or one could add a ~2.5" port in the vincinity of the lower guides I suppose.
I borrowed the floor model of the 10-325 while waiting for my new saw to arrive. The 4" port worked OK to remove the bulk of the dust, but it doesn't really address the dust that escapes by the lower guides. Now I have my new one, and it looks like the port was changed to increase the venting from the lower wheel housing- the new one is less restricted- thus it works better. The other issue (below the blade guides) remains the same.
It occurs to me that one could easily fabricate a simple funnel shaped catcher to route most of the dust into the cabinet (below the lower guides). There appears to be a bit of space there, and doesn't look like it would be too difficult. That small amount of dust doesn't really bother me too much. I originally thought about making a little chute from some sheet aluminum, but even a cardboard chute with some masking tape would do the trick. If you wanted to get really fancy, you could just duct tape a shop vac nozzle to the underside of the table, but it sounds like more trouble than it's worth. The duct takes the bulk of it away better than I thought it would.
I love the saw. There were some tweaks that were necessary to get the fence square, as I took it to maximum adjustments and they weren't getting it square to the table. Eventually, I pulled the two allen head screws out and shimmed the left side with some aluminum shim stock. After a couple of tries, I was able to square things up nicely.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]"Now, go back there and get your mom..."
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