Enhance Precision & Visibility: Rousseau 5000-L Lighted Dust Solution for Miter Saws Review

I got tired of dodging raindrops by running back and forth to my shed where I brought my 12 inch miter saw from DeWalt had set up. A Rousseau hood allowed me to set up my saw in a room where I was laying oak floors, window and door trim, and baseboards without a cloud of dust soaking everything. The hood seemed to contain it very well. Some of the larger particles that couldn't swim fell straight down and were easily picked up. The LED lighting was worth the extra cost, glad I backlit it. It…

Update: Rousseau did not respond to an issue with the 4" vacuum connector that sucks the awning into the vacuum hose. This stopped the airflow. My Pflux 3 HP outperformed the project. However, this is easy to fix. Remove the ring and outlet fitting. Take the Powertec Mini Gulp and insert it into the existing hole. No modifications or trimming required. Now it can work with a more powerful dust collection system. So I stumbled across this lighted dust collection tent while looking for a way to…

This gets 2 stars because it's an improvement over zero dust collection, but it ends up being too problematic in a number of ways The first major drawback is that the cloth surrounding the opening of the dust collector is sucked into the opening, completely closing the opening and stopping the suction. I have a 1hp dust collector that sucks harder than a regular vacuum, but other than that it's the weakest dust collection option next to a shop vacuum, so I don't throw gale force winds at it. I…