Shopsmith use

[kmealy]

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.

[HandyDan]

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.

[Artie]

I find the Shark Guard makes a HUGE difference in sawdust needing attention after cutting.

[Gunny]

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.

 

[FlGatorwood]

https://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/dust_collection.htm

 

Maybe, this will help.