Novel use of a front rail?

[Russianwolf]

Well, I had three sets of rails laying around. I am going to do an extended table so two sets will be used for that, but what about the third set?

Well, I got to thinking. I'd really like to be able to have a longer miter fence. But whoa, $80 is kinda steep for the ones on ebay.

So out of curiousity I went and looked at my extra front rail. Of course none of the slots match the short fence, but it looks possible. A little sanding on the pivot piece (plastic is easy to sand), and a slight modification to a T-nut to mount the adjustment knob. Holy........

Now I just need to make a marker and Build my extended table.

[LCHIEN]

the Rip fence extrusion is exactly the same as the miter fence extrusion, for those that don't know...
which are also the same but shorter pieces of the rare long rip/miter fence accessory.

I also noted on a recent trip to HD that the Ryobi BTS21 saw uses the same extrusion for its miter fence.

[Russianwolf]

One thing I really like about using the front rail for this as I did is that it's about half an inch taller than the miter fence in this orientation.

Also, it in no way damages the rail the way I did it, so if I decide to get rid of it, it should be simple.

I will note that I have plans of building a extended table in both directions to provide more support for sheet goods as well as longer boards. I would not attempt to crosscut a 41" long board as I have it set up now.