Miter saw dust collection

A miter saw is one of the handiest tools you can own, and one of the messiest. The chips and sawdust it creates get everywhere. This dust hood helps corral the mess by giving it somewhere to go—into a dust collector or shop vacuum. You can build a hood for your saw from plywood and a few fittings.

Every woodworkers nemesis is sawdust and this miter saw dust hood will help cut that down. Add a shop vac to your saw and it will be virtually dust free! This is phase 4 of my Modular Miter Station series…. this piece can be build with scraps from the other builds.

Chris Billman's Dust Collection Hoods.

In addition to being versatile, accurate and virtually indispensable, my sliding miter saw also excels at spewing sawdust and resisting effective dust collection. I tried connecting a shop vacuum…

Miter Saw Dust Collection - New Custom Fence: This was a fun project filled with creative thinking and problem solving. It started with the question - how would I solve the age-old riddle of miter saw dust collection? It started out simply enough, toss out the original fence and build one of my…

Learn how to add a t-track stop block to your miter saw station, plus covers for your dust collection hood and a zero clearance insert plate! These upgrades to my miter saw station have been a long time coming!

Q: Every time I use my sliding compound-miter saw, my small shop fills with dust. How can I dustproof the saw? Phillip Madonia, via email, None A: Gary M. Katz,…

I’m building a miter saw cabinet and I want to do a good job on dust collection. I have a central dust collection system (4″ hose) and I’m looking for […]

While using my new mitersaw, it quickly became apparent that the machine was only capturing half of the dust it created, even when connected to a shop vacuum. This simple fix greatly improved that collection efficiency.

Effortless dust collection to keep your shop clean. Shop Nation's premium miter saw dust collectors are designed to capture significantly more dust than...