There are dozens of miter saw dust collection schemes on UA-cam. Yours is among the best because you didn't make us sit through ever cut made and hole drilled. 2:27 is plenty of time yet so many windbags go on for 12 to 18 minutes with ultimately less valuable content. Thank you. I'd welcome any other content you generate to these standards.
True indeed. Most videos show how to do the cuts, the assembly, etc. Boring. I like Mark's video. Short and precise. The idea and then show how it works that's what I tend to look for.
Braulio, Thanks for the compliment! I haven't considered selling this item because it is labor intensive to make and only fits the model I have. I don't think I could charge enough for it to make it worth my time.
Mark, I like that you connected the baffles to the saw so it swivels with it. Wasn't looking forward to building a hood of some sort. Thanks for the great work on this.
Thanks, Ian! It probably would have taken less time to build a large hood. It definitely would have been simpler, but once I started down this path, I became a bit obsessed with making it collect virtually all the dust while allowing me to make my favorite compound bevel cuts without removing it. It paid off. If I should need to remove it, it only takes a couple of minutes.
Mark thank you very much for sharing your great idea, not sure it will work doing compound cuts beyond your 19Deg mark but it certainly worth a try, I'm thinking if I use the plywood base perhaps I can add some then rubber to be a bit more flexible for the 45 deg compound cuts. Thanks again
Jim, thanks for your comment! I also considered trimming up the bottom of that left baffle and adding a rubber flap or hinged hardboard flap that would permit me to use the full capabilities of the miter saw for angles and bevels. I just haven't needed to yet because I make a large number of the same items in my shop. I designed the angle and bevel limits to accommodate what I do 99% of the time. That doesn't mean I will never add a flap, though! In the meantime, if I needed to cut a larger angle or bevel, I can just remove one or both baffles temporarily. Happy woodworking!
mark thank u so much for your help with my miter saw , I have the same one and I am going to make something similar to the dust collection u have. Thank so much.
This is really smart and a great small footprint. I've noticed my miter saw sends a good amount of dust straight back into the vacuum, but then there's that secondary outwards spray which is very difficult to contain, and further bounces off the wall I have behind the tool.
Thanks, Canadian! I don't claim that it gets all the sawdust, because a miter saw is a wild thing. It gets enough, however, that it was worth the effort. I think that if the dust port were larger than 1", it would do an even better job.
Your design got me thinking. I built a similar dust collector for my 12" Makita sliding miter saw and it does a similar job. Thank you. What I did is follow the process I learned in woodworking school by first making it out of cardboard and hot melt glue. Then modifying stuff so it worked better, then building it out of 1/2" Baltic Birch with a little cardboard flapper to inhance the dust collection. The Makita has awful dust collection on its own. I also put some birch plywood "wings" onto the removable fence portion of the saw so that the clearance was very tight and enhanced the dust collection. Again, thank you for the inspiration.
Sorry. That's too modern for me (LOL). I'll try to take some pictures and send them to you. Just like your dust catcher, mine is attached to the saw head and can be removed with loosening two bolts that clamp it onto the head behind the saw blade.
Thanks, Joe! I added the small blocks for several reasons. Sometimes it was to streamline the airflow into the dust collector port, making the "funnel" as smooth as possible. Other times it was to block the escape of sawdust out into the room. Some blocks were added because an earlier block didn't quite do the job. The goal was to make as much of the sawdust as possible get collected rather than sprayed into the basement. Not all dust gets collected because there are some wild air currents created by the spinning blade and air being sucked into the funnel. Not all the blocks were envisioned at the beginning. It was a progressive development. Trial and error.
Sure! I've been thinking it's time for another video. This one could be done easily. By front, I assume you're talking about the side where the operator stands. I'll shoot it from where I see it during a cut.
Kenny, I saw that as well in some of the videos I watched. My port is very small and too far away from the blade to be very efficient, but it did catch quite a bit of sawdust even at that. My baffles just serve to extend it toward the blade and prevent sawdust from escaping sideways, and I'm very pleased with the results.
Thanks, Steven! I occasionally get the urge to buy a fancier miter saw, but I'd hate to lose all the effort I put into my dust collection baffles. My cheap saw still does what I need it to do.
I am right there with you! I certainly do not need the best tools to enjoy wood working. I am concerned about the dust hazzard, and really like what you have done. I am just redoing my shop with a collector. The miter saws are difficult as is the band saw. I find it fun to overcome the challenges!
Very impressive. A question and a request. 1. Are you only using the 2" port on the saw hooked up to your shop vac/dust collector? 2. Could you turn off the vacuum so we can see the difference? Thanks Pam
Pam, I wish this saw had a 2" port for my shop vac, but it's only a 1 1/2" port cast into the frame, and it's not close enough to the blade. I use an adaptor to connect the 2 1/4" hose from my shop vac. The reason for all the baffling is to help that tiny orifice collect more sawdust. If I turn off the vacuum, a single cut creates a huge cloud of dust that settles on everything in my basement - and quite a cleanup job for me. By the way, I use an Oneida cyclone dust collection funnel (cheaper plastic version) between my power tool and my shop vac. It keeps 99% of the dust out of my shop vac filter.
Figuring it is the $56 fitted to a plastic bucket you already owned. Any way, whatever the motivation, yours is by far the most elegant and space-saving design. Have watched around 15 videos and yours is the only one that does build a capture box. Very nice.
Jeffrey, if you watch the video very closely, you will see that a particle or two of sawdust did fly up behind the saw. The baffles I built and installed do guide the sawdust into the vacuum port to the extent that I am very happy with the reduction in flying sawdust. Sorry you were disappointed.
Hi Mark, thanks for the video...I found it very encouraging since I’m looking for a solution for the same issue! The problem I’m having with the video is it’s incompleteness. Since I’m not an engineer or scientist I’m somewhat “baffled” by your lack of explanation of what baffles are and the process you used to decide shape and placement to use them to direct the dust where you wanted it to go. An explanation and demo of that would make your good video an exceptionally great one!
Gerry, I didn't go into great detail about design and construction because I thought those details would only benefit the small percentage of folks who have exactly the same miter saw. I was only trying to give people a general idea that they might adapt to their situation. The size and shape of the two large pieces of hardboard were determined by the desire to fully shroud the area for maximum dust collection without restricting too much my ability to set the miters and bevels I cut most often. The small blocks of wood and hardboard I glued to the large hardboard pieces were put there to prevent dust from escaping or to help funnel the dust into the vacuum hose. It took a lot of time and experimentation to achieve that. Hope this helps.
There are dozens of miter saw dust collection schemes on UA-cam. Yours is among the best because you didn't make us sit through ever cut made and hole drilled. 2:27 is plenty of time yet so many windbags go on for 12 to 18 minutes with ultimately less valuable content. Thank you. I'd welcome any other content you generate to these standards.
True indeed. Most videos show how to do the cuts, the assembly, etc. Boring. I like Mark's video. Short and precise. The idea and then show how it works that's what I tend to look for.
Great job, and simple too !
Nice solution for those of us not interested in the big shroud. Thanks for posting.
Thanks Mark. Very ingenious device and seems to be effective. Consider selling it!
Braulio, Thanks for the compliment! I haven't considered selling this item because it is labor intensive to make and only fits the model I have. I don't think I could charge enough for it to make it worth my time.
Genius idea. Thank you.
Mark, I like that you connected the baffles to the saw so it swivels with it. Wasn't looking forward to building a hood of some sort. Thanks for the great work on this.
Thanks, Ian! It probably would have taken less time to build a large hood. It definitely would have been simpler, but once I started down this path, I became a bit obsessed with making it collect virtually all the dust while allowing me to make my favorite compound bevel cuts without removing it. It paid off. If I should need to remove it, it only takes a couple of minutes.
Mark thank you very much for sharing your great idea, not sure it will work doing compound cuts beyond your 19Deg mark but it certainly worth a try, I'm thinking if I use the plywood base perhaps I can add some then rubber to be a bit more flexible for the 45 deg compound cuts. Thanks again
Jim, thanks for your comment! I also considered trimming up the bottom of that left baffle and adding a rubber flap or hinged hardboard flap that would permit me to use the full capabilities of the miter saw for angles and bevels. I just haven't needed to yet because I make a large number of the same items in my shop. I designed the angle and bevel limits to accommodate what I do 99% of the time. That doesn't mean I will never add a flap, though! In the meantime, if I needed to cut a larger angle or bevel, I can just remove one or both baffles temporarily. Happy woodworking!
mark thank u so much for your help with my miter saw , I have the same one and I am going to make something similar to the dust collection u have. Thank so much.
This is really smart and a great small footprint. I've noticed my miter saw sends a good amount of dust straight back into the vacuum, but then there's that secondary outwards spray which is very difficult to contain, and further bounces off the wall I have behind the tool.
Thanks, Canadian! I don't claim that it gets all the sawdust, because a miter saw is a wild thing. It gets enough, however, that it was worth the effort. I think that if the dust port were larger than 1", it would do an even better job.
Your design got me thinking. I built a similar dust collector for my 12" Makita sliding miter saw and it does a similar job. Thank you. What I did is follow the process I learned in woodworking school by first making it out of cardboard and hot melt glue. Then modifying stuff so it worked better, then building it out of 1/2" Baltic Birch with a little cardboard flapper to inhance the dust collection. The Makita has awful dust collection on its own. I also put some birch plywood "wings" onto the removable fence portion of the saw so that the clearance was very tight and enhanced the dust collection. Again, thank you for the inspiration.
Thanks, Mark! Delighted that you found inspiration in my one-off design. Any video of your version?
Sorry. That's too modern for me (LOL). I'll try to take some pictures and send them to you. Just like your dust catcher, mine is attached to the saw head and can be removed with loosening two bolts that clamp it onto the head behind the saw blade.
I've got the same makita. I'd be very interested in pics of your solution as well. Does your solution restrict bevels and mitres at all?
Very nicely done ! Please discuss the array of small blocks, their shapes, their positioning and their roles.
Thanks, Joe! I added the small blocks for several reasons. Sometimes it was to streamline the airflow into the dust collector port, making the "funnel" as smooth as possible. Other times it was to block the escape of sawdust out into the room. Some blocks were added because an earlier block didn't quite do the job. The goal was to make as much of the sawdust as possible get collected rather than sprayed into the basement. Not all dust gets collected because there are some wild air currents created by the spinning blade and air being sucked into the funnel. Not all the blocks were envisioned at the beginning. It was a progressive development. Trial and error.
Thanks for the idea and video. Any chance of seeing different angle from the front of it in action?
Sure! I've been thinking it's time for another video. This one could be done easily. By front, I assume you're talking about the side where the operator stands. I'll shoot it from where I see it during a cut.
Thank you :-)
A novel idea Mark, thanks :) I will share this video on my Leary's Workbench Facebook Page.
Thanks, Leari! This solution won't work for folks who have to cut extreme angles or bevels, but it works for everything I do.
Yes from the operator's view...maybe a bit left and right of dead center too? MUCH appreciated!! :-)
Worth a try ! thanks for the idea .
Must more efficient dust collection compared to the hood style!Some people made an elaborate hood, but didn't even use the port on the saw.
Kenny, I saw that as well in some of the videos I watched. My port is very small and too far away from the blade to be very efficient, but it did catch quite a bit of sawdust even at that. My baffles just serve to extend it toward the blade and prevent sawdust from escaping sideways, and I'm very pleased with the results.
Nice job!
Thanks, Steven! I occasionally get the urge to buy a fancier miter saw, but I'd hate to lose all the effort I put into my dust collection baffles. My cheap saw still does what I need it to do.
I am right there with you! I certainly do not need the best tools to enjoy wood working. I am concerned about the dust hazzard, and really like what you have done. I am just redoing my shop with a collector. The miter saws are difficult as is the band saw. I find it fun to overcome the challenges!
Ditto!
Very impressive. A question and a request.
1. Are you only using the 2" port on the saw hooked up to your shop vac/dust collector?
2. Could you turn off the vacuum so we can see the difference?
Thanks
Pam
Pam, I wish this saw had a 2" port for my shop vac, but it's only a 1 1/2" port cast into the frame, and it's not close enough to the blade. I use an adaptor to connect the 2 1/4" hose from my shop vac. The reason for all the baffling is to help that tiny orifice collect more sawdust. If I turn off the vacuum, a single cut creates a huge cloud of dust that settles on everything in my basement - and quite a cleanup job for me. By the way, I use an Oneida cyclone dust collection funnel (cheaper plastic version) between my power tool and my shop vac. It keeps 99% of the dust out of my shop vac filter.
Mark Beuligmann Re: turning off the vac, completely understand. Appreciate your response and again, genius design!
Thanks, Pam! It wasn't so much genius design as mule-headed determination to plug every hole that was letting sawdust escape.
Mark Beuligmann Looked on Amazon and found two dust deputy cyclones by Oneida. One $56 and the other $110, both plastic. Which are you using?
Figuring it is the $56 fitted to a plastic bucket you already owned.
Any way, whatever the motivation, yours is by far the most elegant and space-saving design. Have watched around 15 videos and yours is the only one that does build a capture box. Very nice.
Jeffrey, if you watch the video very closely, you will see that a particle or two of sawdust did fly up behind the saw. The baffles I built and installed do guide the sawdust into the vacuum port to the extent that I am very happy with the reduction in flying sawdust. Sorry you were disappointed.
Mark Beuligmann good job Mark! 👍
Hi Mark, thanks for the video...I found it very encouraging since I’m looking for a solution for the same issue! The problem I’m having with the video is it’s incompleteness. Since I’m not an engineer or scientist I’m somewhat “baffled” by your lack of explanation of what baffles are and the process you used to decide shape and placement to use them to direct the dust where you wanted it to go. An explanation and demo of that would make your good video an exceptionally great one!
Gerry, I didn't go into great detail about design and construction because I thought those details would only benefit the small percentage of folks who have exactly the same miter saw. I was only trying to give people a general idea that they might adapt to their situation. The size and shape of the two large pieces of hardboard were determined by the desire to fully shroud the area for maximum dust collection without restricting too much my ability to set the miters and bevels I cut most often. The small blocks of wood and hardboard I glued to the large hardboard pieces were put there to prevent dust from escaping or to help funnel the dust into the vacuum hose. It took a lot of time and experimentation to achieve that. Hope this helps.