PeteG
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I was hoping to have had this finished by now, being made redundant a few days before Christmas knocked the stuffing out of me but, time to crack on 
The saw has now been firmly mounted down, and today I made the fence for the left hand side table.
Apologies for the lack of detailed images. I used pocket holes to join the two fence sections after using the router to cut two slots for the hanger bolts and star knobs.
I used a drill stand to make sure the hanger bolts would sit perfectly upright, and two locking nuts to help screw them down.
I've spent some time deciding how I wanted the fence, should it slide front to back, or left to right whilst acting as a support for longer lengths of timber at the same time. At one point I was going with the later
idea, with the saw on adjustable rails so it would move backwards and fowards. But decided it would be easier to line the wooden fences up with the saw rather than the other way round.
Especially if I needed to use sacrificial timber attached to the metal saw fence. Not only that, but the wooden fence needed to move backwards so the top half of the metal fence to extend, allowing the saw to be tilted. Hope this is making sense
Staying with the idea of having an extending support, what are your thoughts on this idea? I could router a slot down the centre of the support so it ran on three hanger bolts and star knobs. It would also be supported by the over hang of the table top, so hopefully it would run true. The small end piece would also be adjustable on a hanger bolt and star knob. If more strength or stability is needed, I could always add a back support! What'dya reckon :?:
The saw has now been firmly mounted down, and today I made the fence for the left hand side table.
Apologies for the lack of detailed images. I used pocket holes to join the two fence sections after using the router to cut two slots for the hanger bolts and star knobs.
I used a drill stand to make sure the hanger bolts would sit perfectly upright, and two locking nuts to help screw them down.
I've spent some time deciding how I wanted the fence, should it slide front to back, or left to right whilst acting as a support for longer lengths of timber at the same time. At one point I was going with the later
idea, with the saw on adjustable rails so it would move backwards and fowards. But decided it would be easier to line the wooden fences up with the saw rather than the other way round.
Especially if I needed to use sacrificial timber attached to the metal saw fence. Not only that, but the wooden fence needed to move backwards so the top half of the metal fence to extend, allowing the saw to be tilted. Hope this is making sense
Staying with the idea of having an extending support, what are your thoughts on this idea? I could router a slot down the centre of the support so it ran on three hanger bolts and star knobs. It would also be supported by the over hang of the table top, so hopefully it would run true. The small end piece would also be adjustable on a hanger bolt and star knob. If more strength or stability is needed, I could always add a back support! What'dya reckon :?:
