FastCap T21343 Chopshop Sawhood

by Fastcap

Product Description

The job is over and you are packing up your tools. You look at the wall and the whole room is covered in sawdust. A big clean up job awaits you! Why waste time struggling to clean up when you can avoid the mess altogether with FastCap's new ChopShop Saw Hood? * The ChopShop Saw Hood saves you valuable time by helping you keep your work area clean and more productive. This innovative product is easy to set up and eliminates billowing dust throughout your customer's home, as well as containing water spray when used with tile saws. It also works as an excellent protective cover when working outside in inclement weather.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000VS4K7K
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,643 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money, September 23, 2008

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L. Wise "Sailorcruiser" (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FastCap T21343 Chopshop Sawhood (Misc.)

I trim out high end houses for a living, and I believe this addition to my mitre saw is well worth the money. Cuts the dust factor around the saw big time, and saves time with clean up.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collects dust well. Could use some improvement, June 21, 2008

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C. Vester (Colorado Springs, Co United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FastCap T21343 Chopshop Sawhood (Misc.)

I bought this recently and it works well as described. It folds in half with a tent pole type design. But it is a little difficult to fold. The only thing I think really needs improvement is the adapters that it comes with. It mounts to the saw by 2 vertical poles that slide into accessory holes on the back of the saw. Works great if the holes on your saw are the same size. They only supply adapters for some saws. I have a Ridgid saw that it works perfect on but I also have a sliding Dewalt that is way loose. They suggest buying copper pipe and making your own, but is quite a loose connection. FastCap says in the instructions that it will be okay and it probably would but why don't they just supply a few more adapters or at least make them available to buy.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Fastcap quality, February 2, 2009

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J. Poole (Gilbert, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FastCap T21343 Chopshop Sawhood (Misc.)

FastCap is a company I'd like to 'like'. They do make things that fill a useful niche, but every time I encounter one of their products, they aggravate me with their slipshod production. For example, I bought their 3rd Hand product, and out of 4 poles, only 3 would work. And, the things are so likely to slip, that I've not even tried to use them for a year or so. And, when I encountered this product... the same initial impression. First off, only one of the saw brackets would fit into the hood. After filing for a few minutes, it would slide into place. Then, during setup, one of the holddown handscrews fell apart.

On the plus side, if you can get it together, it does work. How well it will hold up in real jobsites, time will tell.

Alert- if you have an older sliding compound saw, it's quite likely that you will have to fabricate your own attachment method, since many of those saws lack the holddown slots that FastCap relies upon for attachment. So, be prepared to 'engineer' a bit if you fall into that group- as I did.