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The unisaw is actually very easy to work on, but doing anything mechanical for the first time is usually a frustrating endeavor for me. $310, probably 6-8 hours, and a bit of frustration. I sold my delta contractor saw for $400, so technically a net cost of $310 for the unisaw. With all the talk of dust collection and the sheer volume of unisaws out there, I am slightly disappointed there isn't a shroud available already.Īlright, saw has been up and running for a week and a half! Total cost=$710.
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If it is angled, I have a feeling it will be angled right into my 3 belts and motor on my machine, since that would be the open pivot space on the grizzly. I think it would be worth the $7.50+shipping gamble to try and make it work. I hope it exits straight down and it's not angled. That difference could cause me some issues depending on how that 2.5" dust port exits the shroud. What I don't have working in my favor is the G1023 being a left tilt and my saw being a right tilt. I believe the earlier G1023's were generic copies of the unisaw, so I have that working towards my advantage. My plan was going to involve ordering the part from the G1023 for $7.50 and seeing if I could get it to work on the machine. The thread was 7+ years old, but he had mentioned making them to sell. In my very brief research, I saw a guy welded a shroud for his unisaw that looked pretty good. If you figure out a way to mount a dust shroud inside the cabinet, I'd love to see how you do it. I dont have as nice of a DC as you, and am not running big enough pipe and dont have overhead DC.so you are better off from that respect. I've tried to cover every possible air leak source I can find and it's still practically non-existant. I have the same saw, except mine is 3hp single phase. I have a 3hp grizzly cyclone with 7" spiral duct with 6" flexible hose to most/all machines. Is it possible to buy a blade shroud for a G1023 and bolt it into position using the deflector's bracket? Is there a newer delta shroud available that would work? I have an Excalibur blade guard for the top of the saw, and a blade shroud in the cabinet would make my dust collection extremely effective for this saw. I believe this deflector tilts with the blade. It looked like a deflector of sorts to force the sawdust downward toward the ramp. While I was disassembling the saw, I noticed a vertical metal attachment bolted directly in front of the blade. I can modify the base of the cabinet to a 6" port on this saw, but im still 3 feet from the blade. Atleast on my contractor saw, I had a 6" port directly under and in close proximity to the blade. "If you have a benchtop tablesaw or contractor saw with no dust port, the Dust Cutter II will help you breathe easier.Finally, dust collection inside the cabinet looks like it is going to suck. Here's what Finewoodworking Magazine had to say. Tests have proven that this ingenious dust collection system catches over 90% of airborne dust in Vacuum mode. The DustCutter fits most table saws having base dimensions up to 19" x 23" and will connect to vacuum hoses of 1-1/4 in. It uses three modes to collect up to 90% of airborne dust Collector, Vacuum and Funnel modes. The "Dust Cutter II" features an easy-to-mount nylon bag that fits both contractor and cabinet style tablesaws.
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