SawStop Overarm Dust Collection

Nice build quality, looks great on top of the Sawstop and swings out of the way (by detaching the hose coming to the blade guard) when, for instance, you're running a dado set.

Unfortunately, the suction leaves a lot to be desired - even with my 1 1/2 HP Delta hooked up directly to the saw, only a bare minimum of dust is captured at the blade. The combination of the T-adapter that installs on the Sawstop dust port and the small pipe/flex hose is the culprit here - it boggles my mind that Sawstop didn't use a Y-adapter.

I ended up junking the T-adapter and hooking up a small, separate shop vac directly to the metal pipe that ties into the flex hose - this provides me with excellent suction at the blade and is the only way I've found to make this system usable.

I'm unimpressed. Not much suction at the blade, even when running a Clear Vue cyclone with 6" pipe throughout the shop. The problems are: 1) the adapter is a T rather than a Y, 2) the pipe and flex hose included are too small, and 3) the flex hose is ribbed on the inside. It captures some of the dust coming off of the blade but not much, certainly not enough to justify the price. I'll figure something else out.