Hello to the group,
I need to add dust collection to my band saw, was hoping to see some pictures from others that have tacled this. Thanks in advance!
On my old Delta 14" this is what I did. I've read a few variations of this approach, and it might be handier to put the port in the bottom of the door. This did what i would call an acceptable job….it's tough to retro fit the old 14" cast iron bandsaws. I don't know how well it shows up in the pic, but I put a piece of plexiglass that was folded like angle iron covering the spot where the old port fit, until I did this a fair amount of dust could blow out the opening. This was a little unhandy since you had to remove it (2 sheet metal screws) to change blades.
I have a new 17 inch with two ports. I just laid 2-1/2" hose between the bottom of the table and the top of the lower cabinet. It made a huge difference in what was collecting at the five lower bearings (it was a lot). Food for thought too.
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