A month or so ago I built a miter saw station from plans from www.woodsmith.com. The station is great and I've used it for several projects but the only problem with it is it has no dust collection so yesterday I set out to remedy that situation. The collector is made from 1/2 Maple cabinet grade plywood and a 4" port for my DC hose, It attaches to the saw base with star knobs and "T" nuts. The collector cabinet is slotted for easy removal and installation from the saw base. I tried to reduce as much weight from the cabinet as possible for easy transport and it came out very light. I also had some clearance issues I had to deal with both for the saw for full range of angles and clearance between the cabinet and the wall which is why I have the port attached to the bottom. All in all it came out very well and captures 90% of the sawdust exiting the saw. It's been sanded and ready for paint then I'll install it back on the station. Thanks for viewing!

Mike this is very nice dude! A very good design, I have been wanting to do this for my CMS but the bench the CMS is on is at the wall, so the back space is limited. You got me thinking though!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

Mike,

Slick!

 

Larry

Love it, Mike.  As with John, mine is also on a back wall - making the down shaft might just do the trick.  Thanks for the plan.

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'

Great idea Fred!

Fred Wilson said:

Love it, Mike.  As with John, mine is also on a back wall - making the down shaft might just do the trick.  Thanks for the plan.

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

Hopefully you guys can adapt this idea to fit your saw.

Painted, installed and ready for use!