On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:44:12 +0000, RMeyer1 wrote:

I have an old Craftsman 10 inch contractor tablesaw which I want to hook
up to my PennState Dust collector 1250CMF. I have a large plastic 4"
collector pan that will sit under the saw to collect dust. Do I need to
block off air entry into the open back of the saw? I imagine it will not
work unless I do. What say you?

Yup, and any other openings. This is what duct tape and that foam in a
bottle was made for :-)

-Doug