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MacD[_2_]

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I recently purchased a Craftsman RAS and a hd shop vac.
After hooking up the vac hose to the exhaust port on the RAS I was
quite disappointed to see all the sawdust flying out the front of the
blade.
Any ideas on how to contain the dust using the vac?

I have the Sears dust collector for the saw, which is a plastic hood that bolts
to the rear of the table directly in the path of the flying sawdust. It can be
swiveled around a bit to point at the blade when it is mitering. A shop vac
plugs in right where the sawdust hits, it shoots straight down the hose. It
works rather well, but I'm not sure if they still sell it. I have seen others
that were homemade of sheet metal.

The dust port on the blade guard is mainly for ripping, when the blade
guard extensions are slid down to prevent the wood from lifting and the
anti-kickback pawls are dropped onto the wood, which forces the sawdust into
the blade guard.

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MacD