Review: Oneida Dust Collection Hood For Routers
 

I busted open the wooden piggy bank and bought the Oneida Air Universal
Dust-Free Router Hood.

https://www.oneida-air.com/inventory...m_no=AXH000001

My first test was with a flush trim bit to clean up the edging on a panel.
The edging in the following video was just a tad under 1/16". Some of the
others were in the 1/16"-3/32" range, but the dust collection results were
the same:

Excellent!

Warning: Router noise starts at 0:06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWUf_weeogY

Pros:

- It works as advertised, collecting just about all of the dust created
from trimming the edging. The small amount of chips that you see at the
beginning of the video only happened when I was moving the router in
the "wrong" direction to clean up the first bit of edging. Once I
started moving left-to-right, there was basically nothing ejected. I
did notice some "static dust build-up" on the plastic vac hose, so
there was some saw dust coming out, but not much at all.

- Mounting is simple and the accessories are easy to attach.

- The vacuum attachment chute is surprising strong, when you consider
that the weight of the hose is being supported by just a couple of pieces
of clipped together plastic. We'll have to see if longevity is an issue.

Cons:

- This isn't a really con of the device itself because the whole point
of the thing is to provide a chute to which to attach a vacuum hose.
Having a vacuum hose attached does make it a little hard to keep the
router steady on a narrow surface. On my first test cut, I had the hose
hanging down and that didn't work well at all. I eventually used a
bungee cord and hung the hose from a ceiling joist so it wasn't dragging
the router down and away from the work piece. Still, I had more trouble
keeping the router level than when I did edge trimming without using the Oneida system.

- The base is 7" in diameter, which is about 1" bigger than the OEM base
on my PC-690. With the Oneida base attached, I can't store the router in
its case. My shop is small, so keeping tools in their cases keeps the
place a lot neater and organized. Still, 3 screws (twice) is easier than
cleaning up the mess that a router makes.

I'm done with the base cabinets (except for paint) but there will
a lot of edge trimming for the bookcases. I'll update this review if
anything of interest arises.

Review: Oneida Dust Collection Hood For Routers
 

On 2/3/2018 11:24 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I busted open the wooden piggy bank and bought the Oneida Air Universal
Dust-Free Router Hood.

https://www.oneida-air.com/inventory...m_no=AXH000001

My first test was with a flush trim bit to clean up the edging on a panel.
The edging in the following video was just a tad under 1/16". Some of the
others were in the 1/16"-3/32" range, but the dust collection results were
the same:

Excellent!

Warning: Router noise starts at 0:06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWUf_weeogY

Pros:

- It works as advertised, collecting just about all of the dust created
from trimming the edging. The small amount of chips that you see at the
beginning of the video only happened when I was moving the router in
the "wrong" direction to clean up the first bit of edging. Once I
started moving left-to-right, there was basically nothing ejected. I
did notice some "static dust build-up" on the plastic vac hose, so
there was some saw dust coming out, but not much at all.

- Mounting is simple and the accessories are easy to attach.

- The vacuum attachment chute is surprising strong, when you consider
that the weight of the hose is being supported by just a couple of pieces
of clipped together plastic. We'll have to see if longevity is an issue.

Cons:

- This isn't a really con of the device itself because the whole point
of the thing is to provide a chute to which to attach a vacuum hose.
Having a vacuum hose attached does make it a little hard to keep the
router steady on a narrow surface. On my first test cut, I had the hose
hanging down and that didn't work well at all. I eventually used a
bungee cord and hung the hose from a ceiling joist so it wasn't dragging
the router down and away from the work piece. Still, I had more trouble
keeping the router level than when I did edge trimming without using the Oneida system.

- The base is 7" in diameter, which is about 1" bigger than the OEM base
on my PC-690. With the Oneida base attached, I can't store the router in
its case. My shop is small, so keeping tools in their cases keeps the
place a lot neater and organized. Still, 3 screws (twice) is easier than
cleaning up the mess that a router makes.

I'm done with the base cabinets (except for paint) but there will
a lot of edge trimming for the bookcases. I'll update this review if
anything of interest arises.


Glad to know that worked for you. After years of doing this myself I
finally started cutting the trim piece much closer to exact fit and
sanding it flush with the surface. You have to sand anyway.. ;~)

Review: Oneida Dust Collection Hood For Routers
 

On 2/4/18 1:00 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/3/2018 11:24 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I busted open the wooden piggy bank and bought the Oneida Air Universal
Dust-Free Router Hood.

https://www.oneida-air.com/inventory...m_no=AXH000001

My first test was with a flush trim bit to clean up the edging on a
panel.
The edging in the following video was just a tad under 1/16". Some of the
others were in the 1/16"-3/32" range, but the dust collection results
were
the same:

Excellent!

Warning: Router noise starts at 0:06

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWUf_weeogY

Pros:

- It works as advertised, collecting just about all of the dust created
from trimming the edging. The small amount of chips that you see at the
beginning of the video only happened when I was moving the router in
the "wrong" direction to clean up the first bit of edging. Once I
started moving left-to-right, there was basically nothing ejected. I
did notice some "static dust build-up" on the plastic vac hose, so
there was some saw dust coming out, but not much at all.

- Mounting is simple and the accessories are easy to attach.

- The vacuum attachment chute is surprising strong, when you consider
that the weight of the hose is being supported by just a couple of pieces
of clipped together plastic. We'll have to see if longevity is an issue.

Cons:

- This isn't a really con of the device itself because the whole point
of the thing is to provide a chute to which to attach a vacuum hose.
Having a vacuum hose attached does make it a little hard to keep the
router steady on a narrow surface. On my first test cut, I had the hose
hanging down and that didn't work well at all. I eventually used a
bungee cord and hung the hose from a ceiling joist so it wasn't dragging
the router down and away from the work piece. Still, I had more trouble
keeping the router level than when I did edge trimming without using
theÂ* Oneida system.

- The base is 7" in diameter, which is about 1" bigger than the OEM base
on my PC-690. With the Oneida base attached, I can't store the router in
its case. My shop is small, so keeping tools in their cases keeps the
place a lot neater and organized. Still, 3 screws (twice) is easier than
cleaning up the mess that a router makes.

I'm done with the base cabinets (except for paint) but there will
a lot of edge trimming for the bookcases. I'll update this review if
anything of interest arises.


Glad to know that worked for you.Â* After years of doing this myself I
finally started cutting the trim piece much closer to exact fit and
sanding it flush with the surface.Â* You have to sand anyway.. ;~)

It's cheap enough that I'll probably get one to try out.
Anything that helps with router dust collection and is easy to use is
something I'm interested in.


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