Table Saw Overarm Dust Collection, Shop Built x 2 

Great narration. Thanks

Nice build. Edit - I just watched this again and I should have added that the video is very well done. Well organized, nothing extraneous, no silly jokes, great explanation and delivery. (And no music).

Not only do you provide clear concise content but your sense of humour is always entertaining. Very well done

This dude is allergic to making bad videos. Thanks Mike for another great shop project.

God I envy these expensive wood workers. I don't have enough amperage in my shop to run both my saw and a vac so I just put a 90 degree on my outlet to keep it going downwards. After a good cutting session, I am COVERED in saw dust.

Very nice project, greetings from Germany / Bavaria.

nicely done.

Very good. I like the functionality of it. I have a table saw and dust is everywhere. I’ll look into a system such as yours for my saw

Saved well over $1000 and got something that’ll make you smile. Nice. Also, people had entire teams of engineers, you had, you.

Just watched a bunch of your shop videos and hit the subscribe button. I am enjoying your workmanship and humor. I didn’t read every single one of your almost 400 comments, but I glanced and didn’t see anyone talk about the Plexiglass you used for your guards. Plexiglass is an acrylic which can shatter very easily. Lexan is polycarbonate which is what they make safety glasses and bullet proof glass items. It’s a much safer material to use around the blade in case something happens and the acrylic shatters where polycarbonate will just bend.

Awesome work as usual! An improvement is to integrate a brush strip on the bottom of the dust chute.

" " Hello, Mike At the end of the program, you state, "There are many great commercially available options." Well, I've been searching, and your design is better than most that I have viewed in this regard at least: Your guard--sturdy and narrow--is the least obtrusive, allows for getting closer to the fence for those narrow cuts. So many of the options are wide and bulky. The only other sleek guard like yours is to be found (as far as I know) on Harvey's elegant Shark S-12s--but at a cost of 1K! I imagine that the narrow guard cover enables more efficient dust collection as well. The Shark has an option that could easily be incorporated into your design. To accommodate angle cuts (left tilting blade) a bubble-like acrylic cover is attached on the left-hand side. Thus you could have two easily swapped out guards--the narrow for most cuts and a bubble-sided one for the angled cuts. Thank you for teaching and inspiring us. I'll probably purchase the best boom system of the commercially available units and modifying it with my own guard built according to your design.

I enjoy watching and listening to your videos. Your son has good concentration.

Good to see the torsion beams in action!

Your workmanship shows even in shop accessories. Good video.

Great vid. Thanks to Mike and the shop apprentice

Nice build, nice results! I did something similar and after a few gyrations, I realized that my habit is that my blade is never more than a quarter inch above the product, so I adapted the dust collection hood to that reality because we are all a little different! lol

I made the same system for dust collecting. It works great. Thanks Mike.

I know how hard it is to build and I really appreciate the work to record it. I can’t imagine and you do an excellent job!

Having it swivel out of the way completely would be a nice touch too! maybe use a modified castor for the bearings

I'm quite late to this party....the dip is looking a bit questionable.....but, I'm brave. Thank you for building this. I bought one of those new tricky saws about a year ago and chose not to add the overarm dust collection but assumed I'd build one but still haven't. This is a good push to do so. I built one that hung from the ceiling back in the olden days and hated that thing the first day of use. I've used the old Beisemeyer ones also and the one thing I really liked about it was a clipboard holder and my coffee cup cozy installed on the horizontal bar as well as a mini white board so we could write nasty notes at one another.....fun dusty times before the internets. Again....good stuff Mike.

Agree I like that band and song

Inspired by your design, I build something similar myself and it works really well. Attempting to solve the edge cut issue, I used a small cutoff from one of the sliding support arms, that was about 5 inches long after I cut the assembly down to final size. I cut this "off-cut" in half, producing two 90-degree corners about 5 inches tall. I set one of the corner pieces just in front of the plexiglass enclosure, and slightly to the left of the axis of the saw blade. This would allow the piece being cut to slide past it, within a quarter inch or so. The sawdust that would normally shoot toward me on an edge cut, instead deflects off the inside corner and upward, but settling back down near the plexiglass enclosure, where it was immediately sucked up with the rest of the dust. It's a very easy temporary fix. I ordered a door sweep with a brush bottom that I plan to experiment with, attaching it to the bottom of the plexiglass enclosure which should allow wood to pass through the brush, and then hopefully form a shield after the board passes. If that works, I will probalby attach it to the bottom of the plexiglass.

Very clever ideas! Nicely done video!

The shop assistant is becoming a pro! Great video.

I like the thin design of the shroud. I may have to copy that when I rebuild my current setup.

Nice build and concept.

Your genius is showing

Nice!

I had forgotten how much I loved The Killers. The only problem is my 4 year old shop apprentice is now running around the garage singing “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier” repeatedly.

Shop apprentice has gotten so big!

Great Idea. Dust collection like this has been on my list for a long time. Thanks for the video.

Thank you very much for sharing these very useful ideas with us

I really appreciate this project, Mike...I've been wanting to build an overhead collection setup for my slider for a long time and your hood design (the second one) is right about what I want. I have to mount it differently because of the sloped ceiling over my saw due to a stairway to the upstairs of my shop, but in general, this was very helpful. BTW, I like the clamping beam...what a great idea!

Looks like your shop apprentice needs another box of screws. Nicely done.

Nicely done! Always great to make it vs. purchasing...

Those are great, Mike. I may steal your ideas and build one. Your shop apprentice is developing some serious screwdriver skills. You and your family stay safe and well. Bill

Super, Mike. Thanks for sharing!

fantastic job. I made one for my own saw about 4 years ago and never looked back.

Cool build!

Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks!

Digging the new rafters camera angle! Well done.

Nicely done!

Nice. Procrastinating on making one, I'm still using the SawStop guard that came with the saw. It's marginal on skim cuts, it doesn't allow cuts less than about 1.5" width, and doesn't get used at all with the sled. And of course the 1.5" port reduces my 6" DC to almost useless. Guess I should get cracking on this. Thanks for another useful post!

Brilliant work as always brother. Love the aesthetic of the dust shroud too!

Nice build!

Your ingenuity and cerebral flexibility never ceases to impress me, Mike. Well done. One thing that bothers me is seeing a hoodie with its strings hanging down being worn when using electric tools. I'd hate to see you with that nice beard receiving an unplanned trim.

That turned out great! Definitely a must have for the table saw, I need one for mine!

Thanks for sharing Mike! I've been researching overarm dust collection systems for the past week. I'm inclined to try making my own after watching you video.

mike, we miss you! more videos... more projects....... i'd love to see a bookshelf build!... keep up the great work...

Definitely on my list, thinking about doing larger tubes, and using the tubes themselves as the collection pipe

Always, ALWAYS good to watch you work sir. Nicely done

They look good. Thanks

Okay...this is kinda weird. What a coincidence. I was JUST looking at dust collection arms this morning. I'm going to give this a try see what I can come up with. The ONLY modification I might try to add is somehow pivot the arm completely out of the way. Thank you Mike!

Well done 👍

thats a nice build, thank you for sharing

Another great build Mike👍👍

Great build! Try an articulating lamp arm or gooseneck with a strong magnet to hold the clipboard, that way you can readjust depending on your setup.

I’ll have to add this to me shop upgrade list - thinking I might use steel for our structure as we’ve got the tools and welders to do so

I predict this video will get well over one million views. This is so awesome and so are your videos. That outside shot around the 9 minute mark was beautiful!

@Mike Farrington Great design & build, Mike! One thing I've found in my experiments with these is that it works much better if the hose and air suction approaches the blade a lot more from the Front...so that the hood would be angled opposite to yours, i.e. from front to back. Obviously this would be more obtrusive and "in your face", but because of the rotational direction, the blade naturally throws 85% of the dust forward towards where you are standing, and having the hose in front of the blade enhances the natural air flow direction instead of having to fight against it... The forward air velocity (and therefore dust) shooting towards your belly off of the blade is quite strong. Also, reducing the hose diameter to 3" or even 2.5" at the last bit helps for it to be less obtrusive and also increases the air VELOCITY and concentrates it to a narrower area in front of the blade where most of the dust is headed. In addition, angling the hood into the left side of the blade or into the saw table from the outer left side towards the right increases the collection of the dust coming off the left side of the blade. Very little dust is thrown straight up, or backwards, or to the RIGHT side of the blade. I'd like to see you try a v2.1 to compare results. If you can come up with a "low-profile" and compact design that isn't too obstructive, I think you'll notice a significant improvement. ;) *ON ANOTHER NOTE...A QUESTION for you* ... I'm in need of a new Cordless Drill/Driver Set and I like the more Compact & Lightweight 12V cordless options for 90% of drilling & screw assembly duties. Would you buy your *BOSCH 12V FlexiClick Drill/Drivers* AGAIN if yours were lost or stolen??? I see that you've Linked to the Makita 18V LXT Brushless combo set and right now I am only invested into that Makita 18V LXT battery & tool system as well, but I don't mind adding one other battery ecosystem. I haven't been all that impressed with Makita's "Sub-Compact" offerings, so??? THANKS! LOVE your channel and what you do and appreciate you sharing it with us! Cheers! - B.B.

I've got to get me one of those. I'm sooooo sick of the dust recovery procedure I put myself through each time i turn on the table saw. Great job mate.

Interesting design for above table dust collection....looks solid. Also, great choice in music and loved the Mind Flayer reference!

I think I love this.

Awesome idea Mike. Shop apprentice is getting big. Looking forward to the next project. Be safe.

Only thing I'd add is a strip of LEDs inside the shroud along the surface of the wood. I love the light on my miter saw more then I should so I think I'd dig one on my table saw.

You sir, are a genius.

Cool Design, Dude….💪👍

Nice build... gives me some ideas as I ponder my needs. I like the actual blade shroud you built and will do almost the exact same thing (port side mounted, not top mounted). Since my shop is in the basement and I have low ceilings, I'm thinking about ceiling mounting mine with side-to-side and foward-backward adjustability... mainly because my table saw can be moved and I need to realign the guard at times. I should be able to flip it up at the ceiling when not used.

Another fantastically satisfying video. Shop apprentice is getting so big Mike!! I'm glad you built them rather than buying them. Hoping all is well, Dirty Jersey out!!

I wish I can like your videos more than once, love seeing what you come up with!

Very cool designs and I love how the first one looks like a game of hangman!! I love watching your shop apprentice, he's really cute. My son destroyed my first ever cordless drill doing the same thing. It was a really cheap drill and he had a LOT of fun with it. Money well spent either way LOL My daughter loves playing with the drills too, but the are now, thankfully, of much better quality...... she actually gets a lot more actual work done with them. She's a few years older then my son was, but even still more work is accomplished. Interesting 🤔 She's definitely a lot more hands on then my son and I've learnt a lot more over the years so I have more to teach...... which is also a good thing at the moment. Yay! Home schooling!!! 👍

It’s always enjoyable watching your videos. 👍🏽

Sweet! 2nd version definitely looks stronger and easier to build. Working on some dust collection stuff right now, as well. I think a lot of us are tweaking our tools right now 😆

Thanks for sharing Mike! Tomorrow I am going to build a copy of your idea . Thank you!

Great job Mike, I'll have to do my own

Fantastic Mike! I definitely have this project on my list. Thanks for the great video!

Thanks for the gantry inspiration. Great build with plenty of possibilities. Next vid, set the apprentce' driver on extract... :-)

Отличная идея, спасибо!

Solid as usual!

I enjoyed watching your process in building both over arm duct collector arms. I’ve considered either purchasing or building one for my Unisaw, but was thinking more on the lines of some sort of tubing. Your process looks to be very do able.

Adding some bristle material at the bottom edge of the plexiglass secured with rivets, may improve dust collection further. Similar to the bristle material on your CNC dust shroud.

Great video again - I enjoy them very much! During the first minute or so I somehow assumed, that the dusted airflow would be sucked through the hollow holding wood arms. Arms would need larger diameter of course, but that would help with rigidity. Air friction loss would be greater though and construction complicated.

Good man Mike!!! Thanks for making this video. The design of the hood is nicely done.

I need videos in my life, always enjoy yours

🇨🇵🇨🇵very good idea, I will do the same for my saw. Thank you for the inspiration🇨🇵🇨🇵

Very nice Mike. How about attaching some kind of 'brush skirt' around the very bottom of the plexiglass for even more collection? Maybe this would let the material pass through and still offer almost 0 clearance coverage.

nice work, looks like the dust collection works very good. I have to build one for myselft, there are so much different solutions🙄

Next video suggestion: All Mike's song recommendations compilation

Great Build Beautiful Craftsmanship as always. Side Note. Your son uses a screw gun better than me Dammit!!!!! Love watch your videos and watching you work, It's like watching a well oiled machine.

Looks great. I recently purchased a Shark Guard and dust collection setup for my saw and kinda wish I had just done something like this. This looks more versatile

That was very nice work. Awesome as ever!

Mike, one thing that I would appreciate as someone almost completely unskilled is an approximation of how long each project took you. Keep up the good work!

Nice dust collection set up Mike, great to see the shop apprentice moving on to power tools p.s. Mr. Bright side is another great Killers tune 👌🏻

Nice work Mike. Not sure if it was mentioned in the comments, but I added a piece of plexiglass to the side of my hood that was able to move up and down. So cutting a fresh edge I can adjust the movable piece to it sits on the table. So all that dust from the fresh edge cut hits the plexi and bounces back into the hood and away it goes to the cyclone...

Great job the only thing I will change is the with so I can use it when the blade is at an angle !

Great.

At first I wasn’t sure but now I definitely conclude that I think you have a really nice looking vertical member. 🤪🤪 Sweet job man. Very cool shop made solution. -Ben

No chance of losing those screws!!!!!

My table saw corresponds to 90% to yours, that's why I would have been interested