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Hi,
I recently finished my first 'real' project and since you all have been a big help to me with my woodworking in general I wanted to post it here and say thank you.
I made a miter saw stand/cabinet with drawers:
And, recently added a kreg fence alongside it:
It's not perfect but I'm pretty proud of how it came out.
Now for the question. I am in the process of building this dust collection system for the miter saw: http://lumberjocks.com/BlankMan/blog/12079
As you can see from picture 2 and 3 in the link above there is a plenum box that goes in the back of the main box. The problem is that there is a support beam for the house behind my saw that is in the way (see pic below) and I'd have to build the plenum box around that support pole (it will sit below the cross piece of wood that is back there, tho). I was thinking I could spray some spray foam in the joints that meet the pole and hopefully that will make it pretty air tight. http://i.imgur.com/HWiLaUI.jpg
My question is
1. Will this approach work? Is there an alternative approach to dust collection for the miter saw that would be easier to engineer? As you can see from this video his approach seems to work pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCgwTqJhqM&feature=youtu.be
2. How do I mark and make the cuts on the wood that will become the box so that it fits around the pole? I think I'd want the joint to be as tight as possible on the box around the pole to avoid vaccum leakage.
Thanks,
Nathan
I recently finished my first 'real' project and since you all have been a big help to me with my woodworking in general I wanted to post it here and say thank you.
I made a miter saw stand/cabinet with drawers:

And, recently added a kreg fence alongside it:

It's not perfect but I'm pretty proud of how it came out.
Now for the question. I am in the process of building this dust collection system for the miter saw: http://lumberjocks.com/BlankMan/blog/12079
As you can see from picture 2 and 3 in the link above there is a plenum box that goes in the back of the main box. The problem is that there is a support beam for the house behind my saw that is in the way (see pic below) and I'd have to build the plenum box around that support pole (it will sit below the cross piece of wood that is back there, tho). I was thinking I could spray some spray foam in the joints that meet the pole and hopefully that will make it pretty air tight. http://i.imgur.com/HWiLaUI.jpg
My question is
1. Will this approach work? Is there an alternative approach to dust collection for the miter saw that would be easier to engineer? As you can see from this video his approach seems to work pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCgwTqJhqM&feature=youtu.be
2. How do I mark and make the cuts on the wood that will become the box so that it fits around the pole? I think I'd want the joint to be as tight as possible on the box around the pole to avoid vaccum leakage.
Thanks,
Nathan