Rockytime Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 My Hawk is equipped with just a simple small plastic tube for dust removal. I do have a Link-Loc kit to replace the little tube. My question is this: Do any of the Hawk owners put up with the little tube. Other the Link-Loc what do you use? I cut about six inches off the tube. I have no idea how the previous owner used the saw with that long tube. I suspect the saw has had little use as the table is absolutely scratch free. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 They may have changed out the tube on purpose.. I was about to do the same thing with a extra long tube... the way Hawk had it designed the sawdust blow right in your lap and face and all over toward you... Anyway, that is how I came across the line-loc upgrade kit that Bushton offers.. Didn't take me long at all to get that changed.. that was the very first thing I did when I got that first Hawk.. Now i aim the dust toward the side... which is where I also ( normally ) keep a box fan with a furnace filter on the back.. Hope to just build a vac system to catch all that dust one of these days.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCROLLSAW703 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I've got the link lock line on my 26. It came new with it. I updated my 220VS to the link lock. All it had was the clear line like you're showin', Rocky. The link lock allowed me to position the air line to blow the dust away from me, instead of around me or in my lap or clothes. Bushton has the updates for the saw, & it takes but just a few minutes to install. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Brad, I have the link-loc from Bushton. To mount it requires drilling holes in the stationary arm. The bracket supplied will not work so I'll have to fabricate another one. Also the link-loc is way too long. I'll have to remove four or five links. I"ll have to remove the arm which is easy in order to drill and tap the arm. They did not make it simple. SCROLLSAW703 and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Rockytime said: Brad, I have the link-loc from Bushton. To mount it requires drilling holes in the stationary arm. The bracket supplied will not work so I'll have to fabricate another one. Also the link-loc is way too long. I'll have to remove four or five links. I"ll have to remove the arm which is easy in order to drill and tap the arm. They did not make it simple. That's strange.. I didn't need to drill anything.. mine came with a new plastic hose which was larger.. so i lied.. I had to drill the hole where the hose comes through the base of the saw.. but in the kit they ave me a new rubber grommet to put in the bigger hole.. but had to drill nothing else.. everything mounted with the existing mount holes etc.. SCROLLSAW703 and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 The kit I received has a metal mounting plate which has two mounting holes. However, there are no marching holes on the stationary arm. I either drill and tao holes or attach it with duct tape. Even so it is no problem to drill and tap. I have lots of machinery to do so. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpardue Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 11 hours ago, SCROLLSAW703 said: I've got the link lock line on my 26. It came new with it. I updated my 220VS to the link lock. All it had was the clear line like you're showin', Rocky. The link lock allowed me to position the air line to blow the dust away from me, instead of around me or in my lap or clothes. Bushton has the updates for the saw, & it takes but just a few minutes to install. My new 26 also came with the lock line and works Great OCtoolguy and SCROLLSAW703 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 This is the first time that I have seen a Hawk without the Linc lock. What is the age of your saw? The blowing of the sawdust int your snoot was always a beef of mine with the older Hegners. I believe they have also changed to the linc-loc blowers. The Loc-line kit for $20 from Hawk is a fair price. http://stores.bushtonhawkstore.com/loc-line-upgrade-kit/ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Rolf said: This is the first time that I have seen a Hawk without the Linc lock. What is the age of your saw? The blowing of the sawdust int your snoot was always a beef of mine with the older Hegners. I believe they have also changed to the linc-loc blowers. The Loc-line kit for $20 from Hawk is a fair price. http://stores.bushtonhawkstore.com/loc-line-upgrade-kit/ I don't know hen they changed these over to the linc lock lines.. I have a saw from 1993 that had just the hose so I did that upgrade from Bushton.. My saw from 1998 has the linc line.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmansbike Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 My saw from 1996 didn't have the linc- loc but I added it later. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I have the line-loc kit. $30 from Bushton. Will install it. OCtoolguy and SCROLLSAW703 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCROLLSAW703 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 that's weird, Rocky. When I converted my 220VS to linc loc, I didn't have to drill any holes, I used what was already machined in the arm & the bigger clamps in the kit for the linc lock line. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Well, it's done. My dust blower is installed. Not difficult but not simple either. Holes needed to be drilled for mounting the bracket which holds the Lock-Line. Two holes needed in the arm for the plastic clamps which hold the blower line. I drilled a 1/2" hole where the original line was but because the metal was double thickness and mad the rubber grommet unable to fit. I drilled the hole for the grommet into the upper part of the back leg which worked very well. Ir blows very well. I need to add a couple more segments to the Lock-Line. I estimated wrong when I removed segments. BTW hot water works. SCROLLSAW703 and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Nice work Les, but the hose looks a little short. You want the hose positioned to blow the dust away from you, not at you. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 That's why I have several segments I can add which I will tomorrow. Thanks for your reply. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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