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adapter

blade guard

HOSE

adapter-

TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Readers' Tips

Dust Pick-Up

■ Even when I hook a dust collector up to my table saw, it still doesn't collect all the dust. There's always a certain amount that flies off the top of the spinning blade — filling the air with a cloud of fine dust particles.

To collect this dust, I connect the hose on my shop vacuum to the blade guard on the table saw, see photo above. This requires a simple adapter. (I used a Sears adapter, part number 16999.)

The small end of the adapter

has a taper, so it fits tightly into a hole drilled in the top of the blade guard. (I used a spade bit and a hand-held drill.) The hole is located near the front of the guard, well away from the saw-blade, see drawing. Then the

wood block is attached to the guard with epoxy. Note: To keep the hose out of the way during cuts, I ran it straight up and tied it to a ceiling hook.

Alan Schwartz Pembroke Pines, Florida

SAFETY NOTE:

raise saw blade to max. height to check for clearance between blade and adapter

wood block

NOTE:

suspend vacuum hose from ceiling to keep it off the saw table

blade

guard

/ shape ^x wood block to fit guard

workpiece

Vacuum Seal

- cut top weatherstrip

to fit under your workpiece

tube to vacuum system

bottom weatherstrip creates vacuum between table and bench

m When building the vacuum table featured in ShopNotes No. 40, I experimented with a different material to form the vacuum seal.

Instead of foam backer rod, I used self-adhesive weatherstrip, see drawing. To prevent outside air from leaking into the vacuum area, simply miter the strips tOi length and press them in place.

Bill Waters Westlake Village, California

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