When your dust system falls off on your sawstop

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CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

Cleaned and fixed this today at woodshop looks as if the tube got cut from what it isnt by the blade what a fucking mess used the hose that hooks into the saw as a vacuum 🙂 enjoy the pictures 

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khariVMember since Dec 2014

Wow.  I know those things are built like tanks, but I have to believe that having this much sawdust inside can’t be good for the motor.

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

khariV wrote:

Just now, khariV said:

Wow.  I know those things are built like tanks, but I have to believe that having this much sawdust inside can’t be good for the motor.

Yea your right it isnt but now she is all good in the hood ?

comp56Member since Sep 2014

ya there is always going to be some debris left in the bottom of a table saw regardless of how good your dust collection is but that looks as if something stopped prior to cleaning it. My saw has cut many things now and after a few weeks I checked to see how well the dust control was working 6.5HP shop vac direct to dust deputy and all is fine …..very little on the very bottom of chute 

Conductor562Member since Nov 2011

Good lord that’s a lot of dust in the bottom!

JimboS1iceMember since Sep 2015

Wow that’s terrible! How did the tube get cut?


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KnarlyCarlMember since Jan 2016

Do all the guys in class take this much pride in keeping the machines maintained as you do? Good work, sucks about the cut tube!

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

KnarlyCarl wrote:

2 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Do all the guys in class take this much pride in keeping the machines maintained as you do? Good work, sucks about the cut tube!

Nah i am only one thanks man means alot i love keepin tools alive  🙂 yea i have no idea how it got cut

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

JimboS1ice wrote:

2 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Wow that’s terrible! How did the tube get cut?


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Yea i have no idea 😉 

pancingMember since Jul 2016

Holy shit is that your schools Shop? My highschool was lucky enough to have a goddamn cordless drill when I was in school, let alone a saw-stop, dust collection and anything powermatic.

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

pancing wrote:

1 hour ago, pancing said:

Holy shit is that your schools Shop? My highschool was lucky enough to have a goddamn cordless drill when I was in school, let alone a saw-stop, dust collection and anything powermatic.

Yes lol we are quite lucky 🙂

JronmanMember since May 2016

We didn’t have top of the line anything in my high school shop but we were blessed to have a Timesaver wide belt sander. Was an old enough model to where it had no depth guide but it still worked great. Back when Timesavers were green. When I was in high school we had problems with tools going missing. Particularly drills. The new Timesaver wide belts are a dream to use. Computerized depth adjustment and can automatically determine material thickness

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

Jronman wrote:

1 minute ago, Jronman said:

We didn’t have top of the line anything in my high school shop but we were blessed to have a Timesaver wide belt sander. Was an old enough model to where it had no depth guide but it still worked great. Back when Timesavers were green. When I was in high school we had problems with tools going missing. Particularly drills.

Lol did u end up with one of those drills ? we do have a newer timesaver . did u have cordless in highschool or corded 

JronmanMember since May 2016

CATERPILLAR wrote:

8 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Lol did u end up with one of those drills ? we do have a newer timesaver . did u have cordless in highschool or corded 

We used DeWALT 12v for basic work, a corded for dowels, and a drill press for larger cuts. I got no idea where they ended up. I don’t even know if they were ever recovered. I have used a new Timesaver in college. They got it the year before I arrived and as I stated in the message above its great. One of the computerized models. Probably something I would want in my dream shop.

JronmanMember since May 2016

a 2300 would be nice. Use one belt for a high grit sanding pad the second for a low grit sanding pad and the third for planer blades.

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

Jronman wrote:

2 minutes ago, Jronman said:

a 2300 would be nice. Use one belt for a high grit sanding pad the second for a low grit sanding pad and the third for planer blades.

Nice ? do u want me to get a picture of the one we have at my high school

JronmanMember since May 2016

CATERPILLAR wrote:

3 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Nice ? do u want me to get a picture of the one we have at my high school

sure. Maybe a wide belt orbital would be better than a wide belt planer. Wouldn’t want to see the price on it though. The one college got was $20k and I think it was a 1300 model and not a 2300. the 2300 is probably $30k or more haha.

CATERPILLARMember since Jan 2016

Damn think of all the cordless tools u could get for $30k or tools in that matter

JronmanMember since May 2016

@CATERPILLAR You could buy a lot of tools with it but would they be as good as a wide belt? Could replace or partially replace a few tools with it haha.

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