I see that Jerry uses the festool saw and was wandering what they are like for dust collection. I thought I read somewhere they collect almost all the dust and would like to use one for cutting indoors. Im getting tired of running in and out and up and down

Keith

I don't have the Festool Vacuum, I use a Fein vac and it does pretty well. What do you mean by cutting... hooked to a miter saw?

What is the big deal with festool? I have never used any of their products, but they look like normal tools/nothing special. I know the plunge saw is kinda neat, but nothing spectacular.

I was thinking of using the circular saw on a table setup to cut the end pieces but only if their is minimal dust.

ok, it's all about dust collection. I understand now.

I tried a makeshift set up on my mitre saw and it does not work well due to the openess of the blade on the back side. I believe the new skilsaw set-up coming out soon will correct this as it looks like the whole blades covered and it has a dust port.

Not to get back on that Skill setup...I know I busted your chops playing devils advocate

Right now I'd buy one of those today. I'm on this 2nd floor cut up angled install . Going down 3 flights of narrow steep stairs and an obstacle coarse to get to my saws
Something's wrong with this picture, we send rockets to the moon ! But I cant cut in the house !

You know I have a port on my table saw with a dust collection bag, which does so so . I think I'll try hooking a vacuum to that port.

Yeah and one of them electrical thingamajobby's Jerry mentioned that turns on the vac when you turn on your saw. What type of table saw is that you own?

It's a 10" Makita. At one time I replaced the dust port bag with a Bosch bag, so they must make a portable saw with a dust port. I tried a big machine & edger bag but they dont work great, the shape is different.
Just set it up with a tiny cannister vacume and ran some wood through it . Amaizing ! It's VERY clean. I can even feel suction through the blade slot
I've been searching for that link that Jerry posted a while back on the electrical thingamajobby, cant seem to locate it. But yes! that's all I need and I'm stylin.
I made a platform to set the saw & vacume on, with locking wheels. Cant wait to try it monday. Definetely need the electrical deal though.

Why not just wire it into the switch? You could mount a reciptical on the side that mounts through the switch that would turn on any item pluged into it (vac) when you turn on the saw.

Thanks ! That's a great idea. I think I'll do that , and mount it on the platform with plugins . As long as it's at a very convenient location to hit quickly.

Please send $1 for the tip!!

You just talked yourself out of 19 bucks

I believe I read that the festool circular saw and vacuum collects 95-98% of the dust which if is true may be a worth while investment, not only for the time but for the body as well

That's amaizing.
I understand that the quality is second to none. I am also seriously looking at the setup for border work. And there are numerous applications for the "dustless" saw , alone.

Looking forward to checking them out at Surfaces.