I put the Ridgid dust collector on the bottom, which just closes the bottom
of the saw cabinet, the back is wide open and it collects about 99% of the
dust. Look on your floor and I bet you will notice that very little dust
goes out the back now. Run the blade a tad high, I was taught years ago to
have the teeth hitting the wood at about 45 degrees, and there is very
little thrown forward of the top of the wood. If I set it to where the
blade just clears the wood there is considerably more thrown forward.

"RMeyer1" wrote in message
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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?