| At 16' feet long, it's a beast. Eventually, there'll be more storage above and below. |
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I also incorporated my benchtop radial drill press. |
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The top is 3/4" MDF with 1/8" tempered hardboard. The framing is regular construction lumber milled straight. The face is radiata pine. |
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| The dust hood is very effective. It'll pull fine particles from several feet away. |
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The shop-made blast gate will eventually have a magnetic switch to start the dust collector when it's opened. |
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The dust hose just ties into the body of the duct. |
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| The center 3' section of the fence is removable, so I can make other zero-clearance inserts. |
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The dropped section was made low so I could mill spacer blocks to fine-tune the saw height to the sides. |
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The saw's miter lock just clears the back. When I need to tilt the saw, it only takes a couple seconds to swing the saw around and reach it. |
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| A clearer view of the hood and duct during construction. |
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The hood's shape is to keep approximately the same cross-sectional size as it transitions from the round duct to the narrow entrance at the base. |
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Here you can see the duct construction and internal bracing. |
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