General 350 dust collection

Feb 27, 2004 3 Replies
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I have the older version 350 with a large dedicated ShopVac attached to the dust port. That does not remove much of the dust inside the cabinet, if any. I must clean out most of it. I am considering one of the Penn State Industries' 1.5 hp DCs (#DC2V2CF?). What is a good way to get the sawdust out of a 350 bolted to the concrete floor? I think I need some sort of bottom-ported funnel thingahmajig inside the cabinet, but I do not know which one to get or how to mount it. I am not into cutting and working sheet metal. I run only one motorized WW tool at a time.



All "been there-done that" replies will be most appreciated.



Hoyt



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See if General can sell you the dust chute that is in the newer versions. If it's expensive, you could always install a sloped Masonite sheet to direct the dust towards the hose connection.

Barry

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Hello there,

The stock port on the old 350's is a waste of time, it does not work, even if you have eight zillion CFM.

You need to put a floor in the cabinet, just above where the plinth and main cabinet are joined is a good spot and you need to cut a hole down in the sheet metal and install a proper 4" dust port, one plastic 6" jointer hoods everyone sells would work fine.

Thanks,

David.

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