Subject: Re: Biscuit joiner dust ports too obstructed

From: William Pav <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 07:12:40 -0500

Mark Young wrote:
> 
> I noticed the Ryobi AND the DeWalt have small dust/chip ports with
> obstructed paths; my Ryobi clogs consistently here, and I would think
> the DeWalt would also, though Ryyobi comes with a collection bag,
> whereas the DeWalt doesn't (to my knowledge).

My DeWalt came with a dust bag, and a 1" vacuum hose adapter...
I've noticed dust port jamming with bag and no bag - I haven't tried
using the vacuum option yet - simply because I don't have the 1" hose.
It would seem to me that the vacuum option wouls solve the problem by
'actively' removing the wood chips instead of relying on the cutter
head to eject them?!?
> 
> Anyone else have these gripes? I did notice since my last post about the
> angular adjustment of fences that the Ryobi seems to be the only one on
> the market that allows downward angular adjustment (down to 45 degrees)
> as well as upward... e.g. 135 degrees of motion); I think DeWalt only
> goes from 90 (fence pointing straight out) to 0 (90 degrees range of
> setting positions).

Yes, DeWalt is 0-90, for 135, I attach an auxilliary fence to the
tool's fence (the aux-fence is a piece of 2x2 that screws to the
tool fence. This changes the fence from 0-90 to 90-180.

> 
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> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1972

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From: Walter Stubbs <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:12:55 -0800

> > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1972

Apparently DeWalt thinks you would be stupid enough to stick your fingers
in here while it is running.  They have put an aluminum post in the 
middle of the discharge chute.  It is easily removed with a file.

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From: "F and ML Butzi" <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Mar 97 20:28:01 GMT

Mark Young <[email-masked]> wrote in article <[email-masked]>...
> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1972

	My DeWalt has a collection bag.  My only gripe is that it fills quickly,
but that's because it's small.  No problems with obstructions.

		---Fred

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From: "Joe Colson" <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Mar 1997 21:32:19 GMT

The DeWalt has a small metal obstruction in the dust port that is probably
meant to keep fingers from going into the blade.  It can be removed, and
the port works better if it is.

My DeWalt came with a dust bag, but it fills fast.  The outlet can also be
connected to a dust vac.

Joe Colson

F and ML Butzi <[email-masked]> wrote in article
<01bc395a$cc4efde0$15bc69ce@default>...

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From: [email-masked] (Richard MacDonald)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 17:51:05 -0700

I have had no problems with my Ryobi connected to a vacuum. A small
hose/adapter works fine with a little duct tape to hold it in the hole and
with that combination on hard maple I've had no clogs. I only used it for a
few minutes without the vacuum so I don't know if it would have clogged
without it. 

On 29 Mar 1997 21:32:19 GMT, "Joe Colson" <[email-masked]> may

>> but that's because it's small.  No problems with obstructions.

Dick MacDonald
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From: [email-masked] (John K. Warsaw)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 02:59:55 GMT

A DeWalt factory rep told me the obstruction is there to keep people
>from  sticking their fingers up the chute and into the blade when the
motor is running.  He said they did this out of fear of litigation.  
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