that useless bag

[klhitman]

you all know what bag i am talking about!! its not your bag but its the bag that comes on saws and sanders.


yes i am talking about that bag that comes on you compound miter saw that is supposed to catch the saw dust but you have never cleaned out but have swept up the dust off the floor.

so whats up with this useless bag that they put on saws and sanders and other tools like this that don't catch anything. but they look good

 

[Steevo]

The one on my DeWalt slide compound saw fills up until it is packed hard, but that is only half of the sawdust the saw produces.

 

[klhitman]

The one on my DeWalt slide compound saw fills up until it is packed hard, but that is only half of the sawdust the saw produces.

so you know what i am talking about. i have had that saw for a year and used it plenty and have never emptied that useless bag

 

[tonydanzah]

if im going to do alot of cutting inside i just hook a shopvac to the bag hole.

 

[KnurledNut]

we do the shopvac thing too. we use a craftsman switch that kicks on the vac when you trigger the saw.

 

[american lockpicker]

I can never keep the one on my planer clean.

 

[NUTTSGT]

While my Dewalt doesn't catch every bit of it, it does fill up fast so I do know it works to some extent.

 

[rlitman]

While my Dewalt doesn't catch every bit of it, it does fill up fast so I do know it works to some extent.

Same here.
I know that if the bag isn't filling up, the neck got clogged. Poke it with a pencil a few times, and then the bag starts catching dust again.

 

[AZ_Catskinner]

The one on my Skil belt sander fills up with dust.

 

[cglasgow]

The one on my <can't recall brand - Ryobi?> 1/4-sheet sander fills up pretty quickly as well. Even if it doesn't catch all the dust, it catches a fair amount of it and whatever it catches is that much less for me to clean up!

 

[DrkMtnDew]

Dad had a Ryobi that basically had a useless bag.

 

[klhitman]

mine catches some but i always end up with more on the ground. the bag that is on my dewalt sander just looks good. i don't think it ever had any in it.

 

[Larwyn]

I don't use them in the shop but if I am using the saw in the house or "on site" I figure that every handful of sawdust that the bag catches is a handful that does not end up on the floor (regardless of the percentage). They are far from perfect but at least the one on my old DeWalt 12" miter saw catches a bit of the mess.

 

[Honda 1]

I either use the saw outside or when in the house ,I connect the Sopvac to it instead of the dust bag.

 

[Skin]

Same here.
I know that if the bag isn't filling up, the neck got clogged. Poke it with a pencil a few times, and then the bag starts catching dust again.

Wow you're right! I took a pencil and poked holes in all the bags and they work much better now.

 

[jam022316]

I bought a tiny shopvac ($20) that fits on the table and the hose end fits perfect in my compound miter saw. As long as I remember to turn it on, it works well for getting all the dust.

 

[trexdoink]

My miter saw bag doesn't get full because the shreads of wood plug the hole on the saw frame. My belt sander bags do get full. I also have a sander with a filter box that is pretty much worthless. Sorry sacks.