5000 Dust Solution for Miter Saws, Silver

My only regret is not ordering this unit four years ago viewing YouTuber Rob Cosman demonstrating it on his woodworking channel! Literally mounts in minutes to ANY chop saw (Mitabo). The four inch dust port makes the vacuum portion work properly, containing 95% of dust.

I couldn't be more impressed with how well this works. I have this mounted on a Ridgid 10" compound miter saw. Before my workshop full of Man Tools was always polluted with saw dust, every surface high and low would continue their dusty progression. Dust would be tracked upstairs to the woman areas which was putting a negative effect on the sammich production.Not any more. This hood catches 99% of saw dust, there are only minute amounts on the floor now. The majority of sawdust from a miter saw comes out the sides of the blade, so your bag or even a vacuum attachment is only catching a small amount.Overall performance: ExcellentInstallation: Head scratcher. The directions are pointless, there are no examples of this being attached to your particular saw, and my google machine was not hitting on any Ridgid mounts. I scratched my head for a while making sure whatever it was mounted to still allowed for all cuts, even bevel. After what seemed like forever it finally came to me, hopefully the pictures attached to this review will help other Ridgid saw owners.Range of Saw Motion: 95% still workable. There is only one 45° compound bevel cut to the left that can not be made with my current mount setup. So only if I have to fully extend the saw which is only on large moldings. But that same cut can be made on the right side.Overall: 4.9 stars. Directions and their youtube video are trash.It is mounted to a 2.5" dedicated Ridgid shop vac with an iVac Automated Vacuum Switch which is a dream come true. Saw turns on, shop vac turns on 2 seconds later, saw turns off, shop vac turns off 8 seconds later. I used a 4" fernco coupling and Woodstock W1044 4-to-2-1/2-Inch ReducerThe construction seems very strong which relates in the price. If you want a clean workshop or jobsite this is for you.

Very helpful in controlling dust from the messiest machine in the shop. Edges are stretchy so you can custom fit.Mounting brackets are very simple and not easily bendable. Our saw is a Bosch with the mobile stand and mounting was pretty easy. Other saws may be more challenging.I have several 4” to 2-1/2” adaptors, but none fit snugly to the tent outlet so I just duct-taped together. Works well enough.Pricey for what it is, but MUCH better than nothing.

The only thing in my shop dustier than my miter was the router, when being used free-hand.I have top notch sanders with dust collectors and a sanding station with top, back and sides [anything without them is working at 20% efficiency]. The jointer, planer, routing table, band saws and other things have fair dust collection, but the miter, an often used tool, was a pain to collect dust from.An old cover from a projection television worked, but was bulky. This solved that problem, collects dust well, is light and still allows me to use the collector.A couple weeks in use and the inch of dust behind the saw has shown no signs of trying to return.I did have to play to get it installed to my satisfaction, but designing something like this for every miter and stand out there would be just short of impossible.The only design problem I saw was, the dust collector would pull some of the hood into the exhaust port, plugging it. I solved that problem with a piece of scrap 3/8 plywood about 5-1/2" wide and about 20" long. I cut a hole the same size as the port in the center, then hot glued around the port.I tried to keep the glue off the hood glue off the hood material and on the port, in case the material might melt, but which did not turn out to be a problem. Of course, you could also use silicon caulk.Installed and operating, the hood works great. Now I just need to add lights and a switch.

I thought it was over-priced but have no complaints at all about it's effectiveness. Miter saws make a lot of dust and the factory dust collection systems that come with them are ineffective. That's why I bought the Rousseau 5000. I would estimate that it captures 95% or more of the dust kicked out by my miter saw. A very small amount of very fine dust does escape out the open front but it is almost unnoticeable.After the brackets are attached to your saw stand it is fairly easy, although still somewhat cumbersome, to attach the hood via two knobs atop the brackets. Removing the hood is very easy and it easily packs back into it's carrying case. I attach and detach the hood regularly as I move my miter saw and rolling stand from job site to job site.Minor annoyances: dust settles on the back half of my sliding miter saw which is inside the hood. And, as another reviewer mentioned, dust settles on the inside of the hood and you have to occasionally tap the outside to get it to fall towards the vacuum port. I can live with both.The biggest thing is not having a half-inch thick layer of sawdust on the floor behind the saw at the end of the day installing trim. It's all in the vacuum where it belongs.

I have a Bosch miter saw. The dust port on the saw is small, and it is hooked to a Bosch vacuum. It took some rigging to get the dust hoods 4inch dust port to work with my vacuum.It does keep the dust relatively confined ,so that’s a plus. The owners manual is a joke. To say the least.

Setup was easy. I lined up the mounting brackets just behind the fence and that worked well. I’d say it catches about 90% of dust/debris, which I think is pretty great. I was cutting LVT, which is super messy and it definitely helped a ton. And I didn’t have a vacuum set up, just a bucket and gravity.