I think this is the best home made adaption for an effective bandsaw dust collector I've seen to date.

I just purchased a HF 14 inch bandsow, the dust collection of this tool is almost 0%. I spent about 20 min. making your dust collector and it probably collectors over 90 perc. Thanks for the help

Gave this a go with my 14" Grizzly G0555. I used more magnets rather than building the fixture. Works so much better.

Nicely done!!

That is absolutely genius! Well done sir!

Looks great, best method I’ve seen.

Nice job. Thanks for sharing. All your videos are great.

GR8 creation and easy & inexpensive too. Kudos

Great job! I've been trying to decide on how I want to improve my bandsaw dust collection as well. Thanks for sharing.

What a great idea! Thank you!

Awesome. Just bought 14 bandsaw. Can't wait to make one for my bandsaw

I've tried many other attachments but this one has promise! Will give it a try. Looks like a real solution.

Best idea I've seen seen for bandsaw dust collection well done.

This is the best bandsaw dust collection video I've watched.

That is a really good idea. You see so many things about dust collection and they repeat over and over....This is simply a good idea. Thanks for sharing it!

Elegant solution! Thanks for sharing! I just got a Grizzly 14 inch bandsaw and am currently working on an unboxing and setup video. So I thought I'd address the dust collection right off the bat. Your idea is probably the best I've seen and so easy to implement.

I just obtained an old Rockwell 14 a few days ago and it has no dust collection at all, so this looks like a good practical solution. Thanks.

Excellent! Thankyou for a great idea!

Great idea. I have zero dust collection in my shop now but hope to change that. You have a lot of great ideas on your channel. I have subscribed.

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

That's very smart and I have the same bandsaw and attachment. I guess I'm building a bandsaw dust collection attachment this weekend. Thanks.

Sheer genius - have the exact same JET bandsaw and the same problem - am making your solution now - fantastic and practical!

Wow, very simple and looks like it works better than most dust collection systems others have used. In Middle of restoring an old band saw and will use this idea. Thanks for the tutorial.

I love this soooo much! Gonna make this modification to mine soon. Thanks greatly.

I was in the process of making something similar for mine from aluminum sheeting. Did a search for what others had done and found yours. Thanks for the video! Let’s me know I’m on the right track.

I love the using of the pin. Mine is held up with magnets. Gonna have to modify to be more like yours

This was a great idea! I just finished crafting one for my 14" Jet bandsaw and it runs circles around the stock dust collector port. I made the port adapter out of HDPE (only bendable material I had in my shop at the time, and I didn't have any 1/4" mdf), drilled the lock pin hole, and added the registration blocks. My real estate under the table by the throat was a lot less than yours in the video, but I just cut more out of the shop vac attachment to make it fit. I duct taped all the openings, installed the adapter, hooked it up to my dust collection system and let 'er rip. What a difference! This dust collector works great and I want to thank you for sharing your idea!!

Brilliant idea! The dust collection on my 1990’s Delta band saw is so poor I have dust coming down from above the blade. You have inspired me!

Cool adaptation for the 14". Looks equally crammed underneath as my 14" Rockwell. WIll definitely try the bracket. Thanks for sharing.

Great idea thank you

I was just thinking after watching the video some more, maybe the nozzle could be closed off and then where the blade relief is you could create an opening on the top of the nozzle so that the "suction" is happening directly below the table insert and thereby maybe maximizing the capture of sawdust.

This is clever and very nice thanks.

Glad I searched "dust collection for 14" bandsaw." Over the years I cobbled together several half fast setups. This looks like a vast improvement and relatively simple. Thank you.

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Just did this for my JET bandsaw and the dust extraction is excellent. Since the cast table has ridges at the bottom, I used heat gun to soften the vacuum attachment then pushed it into the ridges (about 1cm) so that the vacuum attachment doesn't stick out much. The result is excellent, thank you for the great idea!

Gotta do this! Thank you.

Well Done. I have recently got a bandsaw and I was pondering ways of having vac nozzle close to the point of saw dust creation, Thereby (1), dealing with the dust BEFORE its gets into the casing/working mechanism's of the bandsaw and (2), because the vacuum is at the point of dust creation and not on the usual outlet location the amount of negative pressure (eg "vacuum") that is required is minimised because you arent trying to create vacuum throughout the bottom part of the bandsaw casing. Thanks for your ideas on vac nozzle holder. I am gonna do this for my bandsaw.

Is Dave again, I just finished mines and it works like charm gets rid of 99% off saw dust with my vacuum separator. Thank you again.

Excellent!

Brilliant! I will copy this!

Awesome job, thanks.

Just did this for my Powermatic 14-inch bandsaw and the difference is night and day compared to using the stock port. Thank you!

genius- you are on to something here. Just got mine completed, fantastic results, I do hook up the 4" port and the 2.5" port and have reduced dust escaping by about 98%. There are 10's of thousands of these particular style of machines out in the market. You should consider engineering a kit you could sell and get a patent on it quick.

I'm curious why the opening the blade (and dust) enter from above on the tube assembly is so narrow. Why not open that up a bit (while leaving the bottom as you have it for just the blade to pass through) so you have a larger volume of air to pull dust in? I only ask because it looks like what little dust you aren't collecting is only because that opening is so narrow and they're deflecting off the plastic.

You the man Doc!

I'm excited and headed to the shop right now. This will be my third attempt to improve the dust collection on my bandsaws. Thanks for the idea.

Brilliant!

Great idea I'll have to try something similar

This is fantastic and great timing for me personally. I loved your dust collection system video, and I am just now in the middle of setting up my shop in a similar way. I used to have basically nothing, so now that I am putting in the time and money, I want maximum effect. I’m also in the process of tuning up and tricking out a 14 inch bandsaw. It’s like you read my mind!

Very Nice!!!

Genius!! Thx for sharing....Hopefully you have a patent.

Great idea great video. Thanks, I'll be doing something like this in the morning. Montana Wood Art.

Sweet? I am going to make one for my Grizzley..... I appriciate your videos.

Very neat idea brought to fruition. Maybe if you closed the end of the tube somewhat you would eliminate even more dust. Thank you so much for sharing. Bill

So much better then mine! Well done. If you're curious I did a bad video of my own. But I'll be changing it soon.

I just made the same thing for my grizzly bandsaw. What an improvement, and what an amazing design. Did you glue or secure in some way the shop vac attachment to the bracket you made around the hole? Or is it just a friction fit? Thanks for the amazing idea!

simple but effective! How about tilting the table? Does this interfere with the tilt?

Fantastic way to improve band saw dust collection, thank you. Do you need the name of a good patent attorney? lol

Yup, do'n that. thanks

Thanks for the good video! How does this change the way you collect the dust? Have you abandoned the use of the 4 inch dust collection system and switched exclusively to a shop-vac?

Excellent stuff. Wonder if you duct-taped the end and mostly covered the largest opening if the little bit going under your vacuum jig would also get caught. Thanks again. Peace of Lord Jesus upon you and yours

Do you happen to know the brand of the shop vac pickup extension your using. Looked all over for this style......most are round and don't work.....thanks

Mine was difficult as my old rigid only has 1/4” between the bottom of the plate and the bearing.

Do you think closing off some of the end would be more effective or do you think it’s perfect the way it is ? I just bought this saw and realized after it was delivered the dust collection was horrible lol.

Just brilliant. And I've been blaming pressure loss from my collector having to have two outtakes off the bandsaw. Do you still have your 4" outtake connected?

Awesome design! Three questions: 1. What shop vac brand attachment did you use if I wanted to get the exact thing? 2. I've found that not all rare earth magnets are created equal. Some are terribly weak. What brand did you use? Can you provide link? 3. Have you thought about narrowing the original wide opening of the attachment itself as to increase the suction power at the blade notch -- or would that restrict air flow too much as to risk the shop vac motor burning out?

Does it prevent dust from going into the top shroud?

Do you think the higher velocity of a Festool CT would improve it even more? Or do you think the volume that the DC moves is more advantageous for a bandsaw?

which port you are using and where to buy?

Does anyone know the name of the shop vac hose attachment?

Why didn’t you just use another magnet or 2 instead of the pin? Maybe next time ay..anyway, good stuff. Thanks for the idea. Got 2 bandsaws to modify tomorrow

great work! is this a stand alone? or are you still using the old bottom part as well? thanks for posting!

Okay, I'm attempting this today on my Grizzly G0555. I've got the exact same hose attachment that has hitherto never been used, so I'm happy to sacrifice it to the bandsaw gods.

Also, I noticed that in Rob Cosman's version, he seals off the end of the exposed piece of the shop vac tool. Is there a particular reason why you decided not to do that here?

I have been looking at ways to fix the dust collection on my old general and I think that this might just work . What about plugging the rectangular end will that improve it even more

Hi, one other question, what size hole saw did you use?

Why not close the end of the crevice attachment? Wouldn't that concentrate more suction at the blade?

INGENIOUS! Stealing :)