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Table saw superstation |
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This is My Tablesaw, It started life as a Craftsman. It has a Jointech 6' Sawtrain, Rockler sliding table, Forrest WW2 blade, magnetic start switch, a link belt w/ machined pullies. and several other mods.
The Cabinet the saw sits on is based on plans in issue #50 of shopnotes. It has 9 storage drawers with full ext slides, a built in dust collection chute, wheels so I can move it around and levelers on all 4 corners.
I fabricated a support for the table which eliminated the Legs that supported the end of the ext table. |
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I love the Rockler sliding table. Its not as smooth as a ballbearing model. But for the price and ease of setup you just cant beat this thing. |
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I did make some mods to the sliding table table and a few more are in the works.
The rods between the frame and the wooden cabinet allow for easy adjustment of level for the frame. When I get a welding machine I am going to add fine adjusters where the struts meet the frame
I am also going to relplace the fence at some later date with a Flipfence from Incra. |
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The Power switch is a magnetic type from Grizzly. The red piece is a knee bar for shutting down power and the hole in the cover is for access to the on button |
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My Saw is a '99 model Craftsman. I wanted to upgrade to a link belt and machined pullies, but the kit for post '91 Craftsman saws had the wrong pully sizes. I found that the pullies in a Pre '91 kit were the right size but the key way was too small. With a little(alot) of elbowgrease and a small file the keyway was enlarged.
This mod reduced the amount of vibration in the saw a great deal.
Also seen is the dust collection port below the motor. |
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All nine of the storage drawers are made of 1/2" Baltic birch ply with false fronts and have full extension slides from accuride. |
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The picture to the left shows the tilt mod I put onto the saw to compensate for Ryobi's use of thin sheet metal. It's the piece of ply bolted to the side of the saw under the tilt wheels. The mod helps to keep the frame from flexing when tilting the blade.
My PC7529 Router with the Router Raiser just fit with 1/8" to spare. The saftey switch for the router is the original switch that came with the saw, I mounted a heavy duty receptacle to it for the router to plug into. |
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Router Raiser and Eliminator Chuck. |
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Heavy duty levelers on each corner |
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Foot lever allows me to raise the unit up onto wheels installed inside and to move unit around inside the shop. |
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