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QUESTION:I have a small basement work room, about 12'x12' with a very low ceiling. I
have a Delta 34-670 table saw that is open on two sides at the bottom. I
would like to do something about the dust coming out of this table saw, but
I am not sure how I could hook up a dust collector to it. It does not have
any connection spot. Because of this, I have been considering a dust filter
I could hang from the ceiling above the saw. Actually, my son is the
woodworker. I am not very knowledgeable about woodworking (but I am
learning!). My wife says the dust is coming up the stairs and into her
domain. Any suggestions on what I should do, not about my wife, but about
the dust problem in the work room. I should add we are becoming more and
more involved in woodworking.
ANSWER: A while ago in a temporary shop I was faced with a similar situation.
Here's what I did for a cut rate dust collector that proved very suitable
for handling any single tool, including a 10" table saw and a 12" portable
planner.
List of materials:
Very large cardboard box
old leaf blower
disposable furnace filters, pleated paper type
3" corrugated drain pipe (flexible but solid)
sheets of corrugated plastic (I used campain signs tossed out after the last
election)
(most likely corrugated cardboard would work just as well)
duct tape
Cut peices of corrugated plastic to fit the open spaces in the table saw
stand.
Cut a hole through one of the peices of plastic and connect a peice of 3"
corrugated drain pipe.
Cut a hole in the carboard box a couple inches from the top and put the
exaust side of the leaf blower through hole.
Attach drain pipe from saw to vaccuum side of leaf blower.
Cut hole in top of box slightly smaller than furnace filters. Tape filter
over hole in top of box.
That's all it took. Turn on the leaf blower before you turn on the saw and
nearly all the dust winds up in the cardboard box. When the box gets more
than half full dump it out, put on a new furnace filter and you're ready to
go again. Maybe not an elegant solution but I picked up the leaf blower at
a thrift store and my entire outlay for this dust collector was less than
$15. It served me well for a several months while I had to make due with a
temporary shop in a friend's basement. Another cardboard box, a blower unit
from a local surplus store, and a couple more furnace filters made an air
cleaner for under $20. Between these two no noticable dust escaped the room
I was working in.
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