Hey again:
As I've mentioned, I am going to add a 1/2 set of rails to my saw. I am also going to build a mobile cabinet/base. it will be a torsion box base, with a short cabinet on the left on which the saw body will sit, and a taller cabinet to the right. To the right of the blade I will have: 1) a miter slot table; 2) an extra main table, 3) the router table, 4) then a narrow auxiliary table for a miter slot and t-track. I'm stuck on a couple of issues.
1. How to attach the rails to the taller cabinet, or otherwise support the right side of the rails. I thought about t-nuts and bolts through the upper front of the taller cabinet. However, the hardware connecting the old rails and new half-rails will not allow me to slide the rails over the t-nuts on the saw body and the t-nuts on the new cabinet. I could go ahead and put the t-nuts in the slot on the inside face of the new rails (after sliding the rails over the t-nuts on the saw). However, getting them to align with the bolts through the cabinet may be difficult.
Any suggestions? I've read through the old mobile base articles, but didn't find any discussion of this issue.
2. Whether the extra main table mentioned above should be a stand alone piece attached to the rails, as my current aux. tables are. Or, whether the top of the taller cabinet should serve as the extra main table. The latter seems like a cleaner approach, but I am worried about getting the top dead-level with the saw top and other tables. A separate table could more easily be leveled.
Any thoughts on that?
Thanks again.
John
As I've mentioned, I am going to add a 1/2 set of rails to my saw. I am also going to build a mobile cabinet/base. it will be a torsion box base, with a short cabinet on the left on which the saw body will sit, and a taller cabinet to the right. To the right of the blade I will have: 1) a miter slot table; 2) an extra main table, 3) the router table, 4) then a narrow auxiliary table for a miter slot and t-track. I'm stuck on a couple of issues.
1. How to attach the rails to the taller cabinet, or otherwise support the right side of the rails. I thought about t-nuts and bolts through the upper front of the taller cabinet. However, the hardware connecting the old rails and new half-rails will not allow me to slide the rails over the t-nuts on the saw body and the t-nuts on the new cabinet. I could go ahead and put the t-nuts in the slot on the inside face of the new rails (after sliding the rails over the t-nuts on the saw). However, getting them to align with the bolts through the cabinet may be difficult.
Any suggestions? I've read through the old mobile base articles, but didn't find any discussion of this issue.
2. Whether the extra main table mentioned above should be a stand alone piece attached to the rails, as my current aux. tables are. Or, whether the top of the taller cabinet should serve as the extra main table. The latter seems like a cleaner approach, but I am worried about getting the top dead-level with the saw top and other tables. A separate table could more easily be leveled.
Any thoughts on that?
Thanks again.
John
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