My old Jet had the same problem until I taped over the vent louvers and added sheet metal that sloped down to the dust port. I had so much dust collect in it before the mods that it caught fire when I was cutting a 45 degree bevel. The blade and belts squeezed the excess dust against the side and it resulted in a friction fire. Guess where the fire extinguisher was? Not anywhere near the shop.
Jim
I have the same situation with my dust collector; every once in a while I will (with the saw OFF) stick an jet nozzle from my air compressor down into the throat area while the dust collector is on and point it around at different areas. In a couple of minutes the saw cabinet is cleaned out.
wait until you get that Performax sander running, talk about nuisance dust. I made the mistake of not opening the dc vent to my drum sander (has two 4" dc ports) once and it was an instant dust cloud.
and to the OP, I have an Oneida 3HP system that still leaves dust in the Unisawr.
Gary
:-o How can we create sad dust? :-)
I also think relative humidity has an effect, both of the wood and surrounding air. Here in Phoenix it's usually so dry that static electricity is a huge problem causing static cling. I've moved "dust" around (Swingman's method) inside the cabinet saw only to have it re-stick somewhere else. Type of wood is also a factor. Face milling poplar (Sears pos profile cutters) caused a huge build-up inside while doing the same task with maple did not.
Gary
LOL. I bet. On a better note, the collector bag does not fill as fast as with the planer. ;~)
Would you not be "sad" if you cut your hand on the TS? LOL
Agreed, as well as type of blade. It seems the my Forrest General blade produces higher piles of saw dust than my old Systematic Combo blade. That may be my imagination though.
Stop looking down in that cabinet !!!
Build yourself a ramp of some sort that helps the dust get to the pipe and forget the stuff in the corners.
I do mine with a shop vac "about" every quarter and that seems to be enough.
I let this same problem annoy me for a couple of years and decided it was not worth the effort.
Dave Jacks> I bought a Jet 3hp cabinet saw back in September. The saw is connected to
At least somebody said it...
You know how sometimes you want to make some filler and you have some glue and you need some sawdust of the same wood so you can mix up a little batch right on the spot?
The corners inside the cabinet are a good place to look. The top layer is usually the sawdust I'm looking for.
I have looked over Pentz's site several times, have a cartridge filter on a HF dust collector w" 6" tubing, a hepa room filter and a hepa shopvac filter for my 6" RO. I was still nervous until I found this study of a refinishing shop
This does not address the issues with the larger particles (above 2.5u) but those are not as serious as the ones associated with the smallest particles (and the most expensive dust collection solutions) and the most paranoia. It also doesn't address cleanliness and other issues with wood dust and chips.
Just another data po> OK, here's what seems to be working the best so far. I've pretty much
When that high torque motor starts up with a bang think about all the sound and vibration dampening you get with that dust in there.
The latest Delta Unisaw design works the best, chute and port in line with the blade and gull wings on each side to discourage settling.
When shop expansion completed and I can finally have dust collection, I think I'll be satisfied for a long time just not having to crawl under that saw (and everything else) every week or so to clean out the dust.
15" planer rolls to the back of the shop and discharges out the barn doors, pitch fork works well to bag it up.Dedicated shop vac for the drum sander. Still roll it to the back of the shop.
Frank
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