Standard table saw setup

[Drosner]

ive been reading Bill Pentz backwards and forwards and about to redo my DC setup. I’ve got a grizzly 1023 table saw that has a 4 inch port that has a 2” inside that connects to the bottom of the blade. I’m looking to get a shark overhead dust guard and use 4” pickup on top of the blade. My mains are all 6” and I’m about to upgrade to then CV1800 - so I should have plenty of power. I usually run only a single machine at a time.

heres my question...do I branch off of 6” main with a 4” for the overhead and then reduce to 4”at the table saw port? Or....should I be trying to make my port larger and go 6” into the cabinet?.

 

[Curly1]

Put the Shark Guard on and a 4" to the cabinet. If there is dust accumulating in the cabinet then try something else, like open the port, add another et cetera.

Pete

 

[Manitario]

You won't really gain anything by enlarging the port on the cabinet to 6" if it reduces to 2" at the blade. Two 4" ports is *almost* equal to one 6" port! I have a similar setup on my TS; 4" port that reduces on the inside to a 2" blade shroud and a 4" overhead Shark guard. I find that the majority of the DC is provided by the overhead guard, ie. the cabinet port doesn't add much.