5000-L Lighted Dust Solution For Miter Saws, Silver

I have come to like this a lot. It needs some encouragement at times (meaning you smack the sides to get the dust to drop into the hole on occasion, but it sure does clear the particulates from the cut. A lot better than any of the built in dust collection for miter saws that I've seen. The light is a kind of an interesting deal. It works great but how do you turn it on? No switch. So maybe crawl across the floor and plug it in behind the saw every time you want to use it? Uh no. The solution I came up with was to tie it into my track lights over the saws so it comes on when I hit the wall switch. This was helpful: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YNYLX2 in getting that done. Without some system like that, the light is pretty difficult to operate. There are also foot switches you could use, but not super practical under a miter saw. I do encourage you to find a way to make it work. It sheds a lot of light on the subject. So much so, that the laser is a little harder to read.

Works great on my dewalt compound sliding saw! The lights alone are worth it! I came with carriage bolts and wimg nuts. meh I went to lows and found knows to put on bolts that were easier to take it on and off all the time. Found that in travel the wing nuts kept vibrating off.

I have just set it up and at first glance it looks like it will work on my Dewalt 12" Compound Slide Saw with only slight interference on the extreme double compound settings. My only gripes ar the power cord to the lights is stupid short. It would be nice if it could reach a splitter on the floor . Also, very miner , but the light it self seems to be 3 or 4 in short on the ends. there are more loops that it seems it should be extended to, like I said, small gripe but seems cheep of them not to maximize the lighting. All in all I think this will be a great addition to the saw to minimize the dust spray in the shop and on the job

I purchased this Rousseau 5000-L Lighted Dust Solution to keep dust out of my small workshop for a new DeWalt DWS779 miter saw I recently purchased. It is labeled as "Made In The USA", and the quality, design, fit and finish of the device makes this American proud. It's a quality product. Photos I've attached show how well it fits my saw and table. Installation instructions are minimal, but that stands to reason as applications vary so much. That being said, the basic information needed to make the install are clear, and the installation was a snap. A call out here, though, on the exhaust port from the base of the hood to a vacuum or dust removal system. Amazon recommends a POWERTEC 70136 4in to 2-1/2in Cone Reducer, so I purchased it. IT DOES NOT FIT. To Amazon's credit, they gave me a full refund on this item. If you look at the installation material that comes with the Rousseau, it will show that they recommend a 4" I.D. reducer, like one sold from Penn Industries(note attached photo). I just ordered that part from them. The POWERTEC item description says "4in", but it is NOT 4in I.D. Buyer beware. The LED lighting on the Rousseau is slick, and works well. One disappointment, though, is that it's not switched. I chose to not connect it to the iSocket Workshop Autoswitch that I purchased with the Rousseau, which is great for my vacuum, because it shuts-off shortly after the saw is shut off. I wanted to keep the work surface lit when the saw was not in use. My solution was to purchase an HBN Outside/Inside Wireless Remote Control for the LED light. Bottom line, I'm VERY HAPPY with the Rousseau unit, and very impressed with the design and quality. I see getting many years of use from it.

The only thing I don’t like about this dust hood is trying to put it back in the bag when you’re done with it. It’s like trying to put a sleeping bag away. Aside from that it’s awesome. I’ve had the fastcap chop saw hood and that worked great but the Rousseau takes the cake. The led light can’t be beat. You gotta be able to see what you’re cutting and it’s perfect. The best part of this chop saw hood is the built in 4” dust port. My dust collector hooks right up to it and provides constant suction to suck away all the fine dust that would normally be left to float around in the air. Shake the hood a little and any dust that hasn’t been sucked up just drops down and gets sucked up. The constant suction also helps to keep the dust from settling on my saw. You know that stuff works it’s way inside the motor and causes it to heat up and prematurely burn up. Furthermore, Rousseau has great customer service. After several years the led light gave up the ghost. I called Rousseau and they sent a new one out lickity split. Get you one of these and up your game as a craftsman. Take some pride in your work and keep a clean work area.

Update: The Rousseau company was unresponsive to a problem with the 4” vacuum connection port sucking the tent into the vacuum hose. This stopped air flow. My Pflux 3 HP exceeded the design. However it’s an easy fix. Remove the ring and outlet connection. Obtain a Powertec Mini Gulp and drop it in through the existing hole. No modifications or cutting needed. It now can handle a more powerful dust collection system. So I came across this lighted dust tent while searching for a method to reduce shop mess from my DeWalt 12” Cross Cut saw. I hit on this tent and ordered it. I assembled it in 10 minutes. I cut a bunch of boards and it was fantastic. I hooked it to my Laguna 3 Hp dust collector and nearly sucked the thing into oblivion. I inserted a loose 4 into 2-1/2” plastic reducer just placing it into the hole small side down. Boom! I still can’t believe how well it works. Highly recommend the lighted version just for the safety enhancement of seeing things better lending to accuracy as well. I love how it can be removed in 40 seconds and collapsed with two wing nuts. Don’t be a wing nut and wait any longer. Just joking. I love when stuff works.

Wondering why it took me so long to get on board with this dust tent. Well worth the money. My saw is stationary so I can't say how easy it is to set up and tear down when going from job site to job site although it does fold up easy and the bracket once installed on your saw would remain in the same position. Captures I would say 90% of dust with my shopvac attached to it ( I use a sacrificial fence for cutting which does give you a bit of dust bounce back from the blade and closer to 98% when connected to my 2hp dust collection system

Works well. Easy to install. Collects most dust. Lighting cord should have a switch. Pain in the butt without.

Had a vacuum connected and that didn't move enough air. Still made a huge difference on dust spreading around room. Cutting MDF so there is alot of fine dust. Almost thought didn't need mask. Almost. With dust collector connected had to add pipe to inside to stop bag getting sucked in. Worth getting and others working around appreciate it. Light was great addition.

Ça vaut le prix. Vraiment une très grosse différence dans l’atelier.

exactly as advertised thank you