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I did query Axminster about this some time ago and they simply said the hood was of an 'industry standard' design... Trouble is perhaps that we're not in industry ourselves, so we won't be buying extractors with similar capacity to what you might find in a medium-sized joinery shop! My previous P/T came from Axminster as well (Perform CCNPT) and the hood on that was significantly worse as it narrowed down from a 10" cutter block to a 4" port, straight away. DaveL's bright idea was to replace half of it with a hood that was wider than it was long and, after trying this myself, it made a definite improvement.I've looked at the AW106PT several times but just can't see an easy way to remove part of the hood, so I'm out of suggestions. I doubt going for a 2,200m3/h extractor (ADE2200) or larger would make a lot of difference, to be honest. The one you have doesn't look bad for the money. They recommended the minimum airflow for a 10" machine should be about 1,000m3/h so, I went for the ADE1200 (1,150m3/h) and, as you say with yours, there's plenty of suction...
I did query Axminster about this some time ago and they simply said the hood was of an 'industry standard' design... Trouble is perhaps that we're not in industry ourselves, so we won't be buying extractors with similar capacity to what you might find in a medium-sized joinery shop!
My previous P/T came from Axminster as well (Perform CCNPT) and the hood on that was significantly worse as it narrowed down from a 10" cutter block to a 4" port, straight away. DaveL's bright idea was to replace half of it with a hood that was wider than it was long and, after trying this myself, it made a definite improvement.
I've looked at the AW106PT several times but just can't see an easy way to remove part of the hood, so I'm out of suggestions. I doubt going for a 2,200m3/h extractor (ADE2200) or larger would make a lot of difference, to be honest. The one you have doesn't look bad for the money. They recommended the minimum airflow for a 10" machine should be about 1,000m3/h so, I went for the ADE1200 (1,150m3/h) and, as you say with yours, there's plenty of suction...
