I came across something on Amazon.com this evening that folks with
Contractor Saws and dust issues might find interesting... might not.

Dust Monkey DM100, Dust Collection Kit for Contractor's Saw

I've got a cabinet saw so it isn't of any use to me. However, an associate
of mine has been on a mission-from-God to improve the dust collection of his
contractor saw so I was looking around...

The only review on Amazon is from somebody who only half installed the
thing... kind of hurts the credibility of his review.

John

I emailed the manufacturer for more information a few weeks ago, but they
never answered.
My Craftsman saw has a covered bottom with a hole to attach a DC; but does
almost nothing because there are so many holes for air to come in other than
the blade opening. I have seen nothing to suggest the Dust Monkey will be
any better; but then they don't seem to want anyone to know what it is, so
it is hard to be sure.

I came across something on Amazon.com this evening that folks with
Contractor Saws and dust issues might find interesting... might not.

Interesting, but I don't see the value in it. You can buy a similar dust
chute for about $10 and cut a scrap of hardboard for the rear plate.

On Tue 01 Feb 2005 08:59:52p, "John Grossbohlin"
wrote in
nk.net:

Dust Monkey DM100, Dust Collection Kit for Contractor's Saw

I've got a cabinet saw so it isn't of any use to me. However, an
associate of mine has been on a mission-from-God to improve the dust
collection of his contractor saw so I was looking around...

The only review on Amazon is from somebody who only half installed the
thing... kind of hurts the credibility of his review.


Yeah, but I think he's right when he says he doesn't "I don't think that
this will be what I thought it would be."

I can't figure it out. I've got a Harbor Freight DC I paid $140 for, a
tablesaw dc hood that came with one of those Woodcraft hose 'n fittings
kits, and some flexible dryer vent pipe stuck on it so it sticks out the
back of the saw so it's easy to put the DC hose on it. Ducktape on the
joints. It works great. The only thing I could still do to make it better
is put an overarm guard on it.

Why is your friend unhappy with the dust collection on his saw? Does it
miss a lot of dust or is he just trying to cover up all the holes? I'm of
the opinion that if you don't put enough suckage on the saw, all the tuning
in the world isn't going to fix it and if you DO put enough CFM on the saw,
you don't need much tuning.

I was going to put some sort of cover on the back of mine until I noticed
all the dust was going into the DC anyway.

"Dan" wrote in message
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On Tue 01 Feb 2005 08:59:52p, "John Grossbohlin"
wrote in

Why is your friend unhappy with the dust collection on his saw? Does it
miss a lot of dust or is he just trying to cover up all the holes? I'm of
the opinion that if you don't put enough suckage on the saw, all the
tuning
in the world isn't going to fix it and if you DO put enough CFM on the
saw,
you don't need much tuning.

From what he describes I think it might be a case of obsession... ;-) He has
a Penn State 1.5 HP dust collector hooked up to the plastic dust pan in the
bottom of the saw and has an overarm collector for the blade. Yet he is
complaining about dust being "thrown all over the place." He showed me
pictures of various dust chutes for inside the saw and tried to make up a
magnetic cover for the back of the saw. On that note I forwarded him the
info on the Dust Monkey.

I was leaning towards the fence not being parrallel to the blade but he
insists the overarm collector would take care of that... I also speculated
that he was running too much flexible hose the tool and killing the
suction--he told me he bought a 50' roll!

I had a contractors saw hooked up to a 1 HP Delta dust collector via 4"
spiral pipe and didn't have much of a dust problem. Of course taking another
1/8" off a board, or forgetting to open the blast gate, or turning the dust
collector on have to be ignored here. ;-)

John