Customer Reviews

FastCap T21343 Chopshop Sawhood

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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.

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.

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.

Well worth the expense in saved time on cleanup. Impresses clients who are concerned about people making messes in their house. Needs very minor tweaking for great operation.

Got it for $120 and for that price it is worth it for sure. I have the Bosch 5412L and it offers plenty of room for the swing of the saw to go to it's limits. Most of the sawdust is captured and I put a box under it to feed it into. It is easy to move around and as a bonus provides a little shade for seeing the laser better. I use this on jobs not in a workshop and it makes clean up at the end of the day a lot easier esp. after cutting a bunch of wide MDF base.

The fit and finish of parts were substandard. If you are handy with a file you can fix it. The left bracket had a burr in it that did not allow the support arm to insert into bracket.

With this hood I am able to cut inside peoples homes on top of a tarp and not have dust get everywhere. It also fantastic for outside use to block wind or create shade for the cutter. Love this thing

I would like to start by saying this product saves a great deal of time when it comes to cleanup. Setup was very easy but I do see where you might have some setup problems if your using a old or generic chop saw. I would highly recommend this product if your looking to stay on the cutting edge.

WHAT A TIME AND MESS SAVER!!!! I can cut inside the house with very little clean up! Folds up in seconds1 LOVE IT1 Won't work with out it!!

ALL the fast cap products are top notch and awesome!!! they are designed around what you need and use! the saw hood is a very simple and quick solution to a mass saw dust mess... no problems to assemble and move around is easy!