Nice looking miter station Steve. I have the same CV dust system, what fittings do you use to connect the 4” hose
to the duel 4” shut offs?
to the duel 4” shut offs?
This ClearVue dual port is the same one I used on the router table except that one had separate blast gates for each branch. On the router table I used a 6" metal duct fitting to connect the 6" hose and the 4" hose connects directly to the ClearView ports. I also used Fernco connectors for the 6" main connection and at the table saw. That will be redone but at the rate the Postal service isn't delivering packages in my area it will likely be after I recover from my shoulder replacement surgery this coming Monday. Just can't have enough fun these days...I did order 6" to 4" Fernco reducers so hooking one of those directly up to the table saw should get me the closest direct connection rather than cutting into the saw base and installing a 6" connector.Nice looking miter station Steve. I have the same CV dust system, what fittings do you use to connect the 4” hose
to the duel 4” shut offs?
The miter saw is the Dewalt DWS780Steve I don't know what the bottom of your saw looks like. Would it work to add a duct under the saw or is there too many openings in the saw base? If you could collect from the blade slot, I think you would catch much of the dust.
It's true that the big box design doesn't prevent particles from being thrown including fine particles but because of the mass differences due to the particle size only the heavier can actually reach "escape velocity". The invisible ones that are really harmful are also practically mass less. This means that once thrown they can't travel very far before they slow down to almost a standstill. A good analogy to what happens is when you throw a balloon compared to throwing a baseball. The pickup in the box is creating a wide low pressure zone that causes air in the room to move towards it. This would carry all the fine particles with it since they haven't moved far away from the saw. Just like one of those ceiling hung air filters will help clear a room, the big box will do the same thing so the one thing they should be good at is removing fine particles. Not to say that there are better solutions than just the big box.I understand those that advocate for a large-area box to collect the sawdust after it's ejected past the saw, but that still leaves a lot of airborne nigh-invisible particles to breathe.