November 17, 20205 yr comment_248423 The last couple days I've been firing up the old SS for some multi tasking. One thing I noticed is that the accessories -- band saw, jointer, and disk sander use a rather large dust collection device -- the floor. And my pants and shoes. Back in the day, very few tools incorporated any kind of dust collection capabilities and SS was no exception. I've got a Delta band saw that has a dust port but 90% of the dust gets scattered, an oscillating spindle sander with none, and I remember the old Delta and Craftsman "contractor" table saws that just dumped the sawdust out the bottom. Even my Unisaw just has a tray at the bottom tilted to dump the dust out the side I fitted a box around the opening and connected up to a dust port, but ended up with pants full of sawdust yesterday coming out the arch for the blade tilt mechanism. Report
November 17, 20205 yr comment_248432 Table saws need over the blade suction. There is always a lot of dust on the saw table when I'm done sawing. Ripping isn't too bad but I trim a lot of wood to perfect square for turning and dust escapes easily when only one side of the blade is cutting. Report
November 18, 20205 yr Popular Post comment_248439 I find the Shark Guard makes a HUGE difference in sawdust needing attention after cutting. Report
November 18, 20205 yr comment_248441 Embrace it. Just throw on floor and sweep it up. Cleans the floor which if your is like mine needs to be done daily. If you are lucky I hit it once a month. Maybe. Report
November 18, 20205 yr Popular Post comment_248450 https://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/dust_collection.htm Maybe, this will help. Report
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