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I thought the Festool's anti splinter strip ran down the edge of the guide - I take it it's a sort of zero clearance 'throat plate' at the leading edge of the blade? Or is it both? However, if you double cut as described above, and your saw/guide is in good condition, I'd be surprised if you...

Mostly I just push. The old beech mallet gets an outing when you need to go tap tap tap - it seems to rebound a bit. It has a fairly small head. For good wallops the deadblow is just the job. It has a urethane surface and is filled with loose shot (which prevents bounce). Don't know why they...

Brilliant! Thanks for letting us all in on the experiment.

George, ordinarily it would be - with an ordinary saw you would have to remove the riving knife, and the saw might be guided just by the edge of a cutting guide. However the Mafell and Festool saws can plunge rather like a router (my Mafell has two columns exactly the same) and the riving knife...

I gather that part of the attraction of mountain climbing comes from conquering risk - no risk means no fun, no sense of achievement. Personally, that's not why I go into the workshop....so it's is of interest to me then, when because of an analysis of accidents, HSE express concern about...

See my earlier post about painting on Slip Plate, and follow the link. Smoother than a mouses' ear...

Using wood: I'd rather assumed you'd make up some formers and bend the ply round. Boat builders do it. Where the curve is tighter (in the cone) you'd probably have to cramp it on in sections ("planking", vertical or helical) using Bill's metal cutting pattern for guidance. As you have to...

Regarding Barry's design compromise: as you move from Bill's definitive design, the cylone's ability to trap fine dust will decrease, and resistance to air flow will increase. However he does have 3HP at his disposal, and almost anything will have less resistence to airflow than two dustbin lid...

Regarding friction in wooden cyclones, here's an agricultural product that may provide a solution. It's a dry film graphite based low friction product. It's called "Slip Plate." It comes in several forms, including one applied like paint. Manufacturer's website www.superiorgraphite.com it's...

I have a Mafell plunge saw - its guide doesn't have the anti splinter strip that Festool use. However I've always wondered how the Festool strip could control splintering on the 'other' side of the cut - from your post, it sounds as if it doesn't. The solution when cutting valuable material is...

Despite all the extra vacuum you get from a universal motored vac, the supplied hose usually cuts the airflow significantly (fast flow in small pipe = high resistance). This may not be a problem when doing the carpet when the airflow is filtered through the carpet pile. If you can, use a bigger...

Barry, let us know what the filters are like after you dismantle, this weekend. I presume you 've already seen this http://www.wynnenv.com/9e300bl_conversion.htm which I discovered this evening.

Prawnking, You'd need a high revving vaccum cleaner like the Trend, for portable circular saw, router router table etc with 32mm ports. Alto (Nilfisk) were on offer at very good price last Nov at the Axminster show, if you can wait till Nov! You'd also need something able to move more air for...

Good to see mfr joining in! My 2 motor vac (not a Camvac) coped quite well directly coupled to a Kity 636 10" planer, but it required frequent cleaning of the big primarycloth filter when eating fine sawdust, or airflow much reduced.

PS. the figs. from the U.S. heating and ventilation 'bible' date back over 20 years to an age of innocence before the recognition of the need to capture finer particles. For DIY woodworkers you could take them as a minimum guideline.

Prawnking, I think Barry's right. *my 1st extractor, an industrial vac, blocked up as soon as I got 1st stationary tool - improved it a bit, by fitting it onto small galv. dustbin with Camvac style large lower cloth filter. *reported *worst* results from my present wall mounted sock filter...

Thanks for your comments! * filter media is singed polyester felt about 3mm thick. Presume the heat treatment makes the felt less fuzzy so most of the cake falls into the bin when you shake. All UK made and motored. Waste enters at top, bottom of felt sock connected to metal bin, plastic bag...

Extracting from small machines: My bag (sock filter) extractor is rated with bag (new,clean) and 6' of 6" flex hose, at 1200cu.ft./min and it barely captures all the dust made by the 10" RAS, which is hardly gigantic. When it gets a bit caked up flow is much less and effective extraction worse...

Thanks for that, Barry. Also, I wonder, do you know from your chat with the supplier what the filter's made of? "blotting paper" like a vehicle filter? Plastic coated to aid release of cake? All plastic? (our Alto vac has a 0.5 filter all plastic, washable, and virtually tearpfoof - I couldn't...

Just to report that the LN original cutter will fit, so can be used as a spare; so too do the LN mortice gauge cuters. At this price I can afford to buy another just for mortice making. I'm still pleased with mine. (I should want a great deal more than a stainless stem for an extra 40 quid)