SawStop PCS31230 Owner's Manual page 50

Using Your Saw
The other end of the hose can be
hooked up to a splitter (available at
woodworking and hardware stores)
that connects both the hose from
the blade guard and the 4 inch hose
splitter
from the back of the cabinet to the
dust collection vacuum system (see
Fig. 73). Hose adapters or duct tape
connect small
may be used to connect the hoses
hose here
to the splitter depending on the port
sizes available.
connect large
hose from vacuum
system here
Fig. 73
The hose or pipe connected to the blade guard dust collection port will have to be routed up from the saw
so that it is kept out of the way of the wood that moves past the spreader as it is being cut. There are many
ways to create a structure to reroute the hose from the dust port on the blade guard to a vacuum system. One
possibility is to route the hose up vertically overhead from the back of the blade guard. Another possibility is to
reroute the hose to the side along the saw as shown below.
to vacuum
system
Fig. 74
A structure like the one shown above can be put together using PVC pipes and fi ttings, adapters, splitters,
fl exible vacuum hoses and duct tape which can commonly be found at hardware and woodworking stores.
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