I recently bought a really nice sliding table from Roy at Woodford Tooling - and I've been racking my brains on the best way to set it up on my table saw... Then it came to me! I'm not talking about setting the Miter gauge up - but accurately aligning the sliding table itself to the saw blade...
The exact dimensions of the sliding table are as follows: (Taken from the manual)
Sliding table dimensions: 48in X 9 in
1219 mm X 229 mm
Travel: 54 in
1372 mm
Extension table dimensions: 8 ¾ in X 16 in
222 mm X 406 mm
Support legs: 2
Miter gauge length: 31 inches
787 mm
Miter gauge extension: 10...
That's my plan - I use the Bosch GMF1600 router with the fixed base so a 4mm hole drilled through the table top will allow me to adjust the router bit height without breaking my back.... :) I'm also intending to build a dust housing for the router body. The whole set up once complete will be...
Phil - this is a link to a photo of my set up... The difference between this photo and my set up is the blade guard - The UK spec machine has a dust extraction port built into the blade guard. Everything else is as you see here. It's all very nice...
The router table is excellent also (there are video reviews also on You Tube - search Craftex Router table...) it's very versatile - you can position the fence at any angle so if routing long pieces - you have the benefit of being able to use the full table width of the saw. Dust collection is...
Themackay - the mobile base I bought for my saw was the one provided by Woodford Tooling - it's very good and only about 35 quid - so a bargain. (Took about 30 mins to assemble.
Search you tube for Craftex CX series sliding table attachment Good video review by Mark Eaton. Product is identical to the one sold by Roy. I cant praise mine highly enough and i love the red anodised finish!
Table Size – 47” x 9”
Extension Table Dimensions – 13 3/4” x 9”
Max. Table Travel – 55”
Max. Cross Cut Length – 48”
Cut off fence & miter gauge can angle to plus/minus 50 degree with preset stops at 0, -45 and + 45 degrees.
2 Heavy Duty Support Legs with adjustable feet
1 Miter Gauge Flip...
I just bought the full monty saw from Roy.... 10 inch cast iron saw complete with router table and the sliding table. The HW110WSE model listed on the Woodford Tooling site. The whole set up is a Harvey saw, almost identical to the Grizzly and Laguna saws sold in the USA but at UK spec. There...
I just bought a new cast iron table saw complete with fitted cast iron router table. Its superb, very solid top quality Similar to Grizzly and Laguna saws sold in the USA and now available in the UK! I will post pics and a video review when I have time! Its a really excellent tool!
Just a quick note to anyone in the market for a new top end table saw. I recently bought a new HW110WSE complete with a superb full size sliding table and cast iron router table. The saw is a high quality Harvey import similar to the Laguna and Grizzly models sold in the USA. (Plenty of reviews...
Having done further research - Want!!!
check out woodfordtooling... hw110wse
Anyone own one yet? This is a good looking saw sold globally - Grizzly, Harvey, Craftex etc etc. Looks ideal for my needs! (Yes Dear! I really NEED this to complete the project...)
Hello all- I'm new to the forum and looking for some table saw advice please. My shortlist of saws at the moment is between the Scheppach Precisa 3.0 and the Axminster 10 inch table saw package complete with the table extensions and sliding table. (Budget is around 1300 quid max) I really like...