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Radial Arm Saw Dust
Collection...
Wednesday, December 09th, 2009
Well after making
the shop a little more "user friendly" I finally got
around to building a much needed dust collection
hood for my Dewalt Radial Arm Saw. I had a
fundamental understanding of the basic design but
like many of the jigs and accessories I build
changes were made along the way.
To start I
inserted a filler into the left rear corner of the
saw frame (Figure 1). The hood is made from 1" thick
pine and I elected to use pieces of plexiglas to
give it a less bulky appearance and also to avoid
shadows. Plus I just thought it would look cool!!
I had an old
metal reducer kickin' around that just happened to
fit to the hose on my 2 HP Delta Dust Collector, so
I used that as a port. After a couple test cuts on
some scrap wood using my circle cutter to ensure a
perfect fit, I bored a hole into the back of the
hood. I chamfered the inside edge of the hole
with the router, pressed the duct in the hole and
secured it in place with some screws.
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If you have any
questions or comments about this blog entry please
do not hesitate to
send me an e-mail. Thanks and be
safe when working with tools!!!
Burgie
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Robert Burgoyne, also known as "Burgie",
has been doing woodworking for nearly 30
years. He started learning at an early
age in his grandfather's garage and
continued while working with his father
in construction. The hobby has now
become a business with Creative
Landscape Accents. Burgie builds
high quality woodworking projects for
the outdoors and also enjoys making
decorative accent pieces for inside the
house. While not working in his shop
doing woodworking Burgie enjoys
computers, restoring his old
1964
Chevy C60 2-ton dump truck and
riding his Harley-Davidson Road King
throughout beautiful Colorado.
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