The space I work in is about 10x20 -- and with the table saw centrally
located it covers everything with dust. This is also the space I do finish
work in, so I end up spending a lot of time cleaning -- which is a waste of
time, not to mention the crud in the nose

I currently own a homemade cyclone, tho, which is VERY effective on my
planer, and jointer, and shaper. You give me hope that the Unisaw may be
"collectible" (pun intended, assuredly) -- any advice on that? Above table,
below table? Seems to me most of the dust should be headed down, as that is
the direction the blade cuts... so the initial guess was to just hook the
collector to the cabinet, hence the question about the holes.

Matthew

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
My tablesaw has more holes in it than that and I my dust collector works
pretty good.
Seems to me to be an extreme reason to replace a Unisaw, no mater what
age!
Greg


"Matthew" wrote in message
...
I am replacing my older (guessing pre 1950s, but really have no idea)
Unisaw
with a new tablesaw, mainly for better dust collection.

My saw has no motor cover, no sloping plate in the cabinet, a louvered
front
access door, a 6x6" hole in the back of the cabinet, as well as the
assorted
openings around the adjustment handwheels. So adding dust collection
would
be a major undertaking, and chances of success pretty low.

The question is: what is the experience with dust collection on different
table saw models? I have experience with newer (1990) unisaws and the
Dewalt, but not many other models. Your help is appreciated!

PS: I am (probably) going to be using a cyclone, most likely one of the
preconfigured Oneida packages.

Matthew