I was curious to see how well the dust collection system worked on the router table when adjustable inserts are installed in the table and the fence, and a small box is mounted at the back of the fence to attach the dust collection hose. Now it is clear to me that it works very well. When you are routing any piece, you don’t see any particles or dust coming out anywhere. What a difference! When we use the router without dust collection and by hand, we quickly fill the workbench with chips and dust, not to mention what falls off the table and all the fine dust that ends up floating in the air. If we have a router table, we need to attach something like this to it. Our lungs will thank us, and the time we spend cleaning the workshop will be significantly reduced.
The video was recorded with the top cover of the box removed, and even then, almost everything goes through the dust collection hose. Even when the vacuum is off, most of the dust and chips stay inside the box. After some tests, the only thing I had to clean was a tiny fraction of dust that remains between the base of the fence and the surface of the table, which we don’t see until we remove the fence.
See more details about my dust collection system for the router table and table saw.