Looking for featherboards to fit a Draper CTS200 table saw

[Jonny G]

Hi all, I posted about this in the thread about the Draper table saw £200 bargain that a fair few of you took advantage of, which probably wasn't the ideal place.

So, trying again, I'm looking for featherboards having accidentally bought a set of bench dog ones which of course don't fit the mitre slots.

I've uploaded a photo of the profile of the slot, I wondered if anyone could recommend a brand that would fit. From looking around the online sellers, my problem seems to be the depth of the t-slot in comparison to the height of the t-bolt head usually supplied. I could potentially grind them down, but I'd rather have some that fit from the off if they exist.

The slot itself measures 15mm across and the t-section is 20mm.

Thanks!

 

[marcros]

I would look at magswitch options.

Either buy the magswitch kit, or make the feather pards and buy just the magswitch magnets.

 

[lurker]

Look at tool stations 6mm coach bolts
These grind down fine for t slots and are dirt cheap.

 

[Mowgli]

Did you find a solution to this? It seems a lot of the smaller cast iron table saws have these 15mm slots. I was wondering whether it would be possible to have the slots machined out to take the normal 19mm x 9.5mm accessories - do you think there would be enough thickness in the table?

 

[marcros]

touch and go I think. somebody did do it to the Axminster one once and it worked but I think it would be expensive.

if you have accessories using the "standard" slot, you could remake the bar from aluminium. there is one size, imperial or metric which only needs a little filing. if it is only for featherboards, you could make a hardwood version including the bar.

I would still give the magswitches some thought too.

 

[topchippytom]

Make your own or use magswitch