I picked up my RSTS12 today after travelling a 350 mile round trip to collect. I bought off ebay for £175 and it was in good nic. One thing i did notice once home and after a good look around, is that the main steel body is quite flexible. There is a little movement within the frame that i feel could do with some improvement.
As i'm still designing/drawing up my workshop layout, i would like to use this as a basis to create a knocking up bench/ table saw bench and router table all in one. I have the concept that if something in the workshop does 2 or 3 tasks then i stays, if only 1 then it goes (space is limited)
So to the design. I was going to remove the outer steel casing, keep the motor housing and sliding carriage setup but build the table around it. I'll have a 300mm overtop the the left, an out feed table on the back and remove the right hand aluminium table and replace with a large overtop that housed the router. This was all going to be high gloss laminated so i can use as a knocking up bench too.
Has anyone done anything like this, and what ideas can you add to this.
LyNx
As i'm still designing/drawing up my workshop layout, i would like to use this as a basis to create a knocking up bench/ table saw bench and router table all in one. I have the concept that if something in the workshop does 2 or 3 tasks then i stays, if only 1 then it goes (space is limited)
So to the design. I was going to remove the outer steel casing, keep the motor housing and sliding carriage setup but build the table around it. I'll have a 300mm overtop the the left, an out feed table on the back and remove the right hand aluminium table and replace with a large overtop that housed the router. This was all going to be high gloss laminated so i can use as a knocking up bench too.
Has anyone done anything like this, and what ideas can you add to this.
LyNx