Band saw dust vac connection

reible · Post by **reible** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:14 pm

I'm just update my other post with some additional dust collector information if you care to check it out.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=154687

Go to post 93 and 94.

Notice the white PVC pipe, that is what the update is about.

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Ed

reible · Post by **reible** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:16 pm

Hi,

If you tape the bottom closed don't wait too long to open the cover as I'm pretty sure there will be a surprise waiting for you....

Ed

keakap wrote:Now it's confirmed: I am thoroughly confused.
I've long ago forgotten the circumstances about my B/S dust shoot install, and seeing this doesn't help. In the "link" page is shown a flat short flange and an elbow. I know I never bought a kit. My B/S has a short flange, no elbow and MY hardware. The hole (I haven't checked to see if it is obviously home sawn) is up under the table insert et al, where normally shown. B/S bought new after '86, don't know if hole was there. I do know the vast chasm at the bottom of the housing was always there, and a curiosity to say the least.
I know that some time after, I used a flange from a set of 'accessory' kit pieces purchased to enhance the SS ShopMate DCS

What's not clear in the 'link' and is bugging me is was the hole done by SS, was the saw shipped with it gaping, and why was it bored where it was (which was not the most efficient position imho)?
[I guess the real question is: was that position my dumb idea or SS's dumb idea?]

{Okay, it aint the best spot, but with the GC (gaping chasm) at the bottom taped shut and the port hooked to the DCS, I gotta admit there's very little gets out to the floor etc.}

chris jay · Post by **chris jay** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:48 pm

reible wrote:I'm just update my other post with some additional dust collector information if you care to check it out.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=154687

Go to post 93 and 94.

Notice the white PVC pipe, that is what the update is about.

[ATTACH]23195[/ATTACH]

Ed

Ed, great ideas. I ran a 4 inch line from my SS dust collector then reduced it down to 2.5 at the end and it seemed to get a bit more

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:11 pm

chris jay wrote:Ed, great ideas. I ran a 4 inch line from my SS dust collector then reduced it down to 2.5 at the end and it seemed to get a bit more

You keep mentioning SS DC and 4" hose in the same subject matter.

A 4" hose(with the SS DC) may increase 'dust' collection, but heavier debris will move at a slower velocity and have tendency to settle out of the air stream if it gets too slow. SS discontinued their 4" adapter for the DC 3300. Nick recommends 3" for his DC 'piping' system in the saw dust session.

This settling may reveal itself with the jointer or the planer.(i.e. heavier/bulkier debris)

If it works fer ye, carry on!:)

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:43 am

reible wrote:Hi,

If you tape the bottom closed don't wait too long to open the cover as I'm pretty sure there will be a surprise waiting for you....Ed

Logic tells me I should've had a 'problem' such as you suggest, but I know I didn't. So (and yes I shoulda done this before I wrote) I went down to the scene of the grime and took another look.
I was Wrong. My flange sits as far down, as close to the bottom cover screw, as possible, not just under the insert as I had thot I remembered. I musta got a hole saw to make the hole, just so long ago I can't recall.
Anyhoo, I guess it was that lower position that saved me from the 'problem' noted earlier. There was somewhat more of a buildup on all the various webbing nooks and cranberries, but not enough to cause any trouble. Seems the buildup would, well, buildup just so much and then take the route to DCS as the easier. Maybe made the interior more aerodynamically smooth?
Whatever. I do remember that before I added the flange if I didn't tape that under slot shut I'd get a huge pile of 'dust' all over the leg (and ways, and cabinet, and floor, an-) but now I don't usually bother to replace the tape like after a blade change, yet very little gets by the SEEP (Sawdust Extraction & Elimination Portal). Very little. I'm running the standard 2-1/4" hose to my SS DCS.

All that biness about the upper flange position must be recollections of some conversation from the past. Probably what made me put mine where it is, which is a good thing.

Hope I didn't cause too much confusion with my rambling reminiscences.