View Full Version : Infeed Tables, Do You Ever Need Them?
charlese
05-04-2008, 06:27 PM
Hi Hawk! I feel your concern. A while back during an operation I can't remember I found my home made sled didn't reach the table before the work piece reached the saw blade. I wished I had three hands! So I ordered up a set of Extension Table Brackets - Part No. (555997) I used them on the infeed side. They worked wonderfully well. The sled was very easy to control.
That said, - - - I recently found it an easy and safe thing to sand the edges of a 24" X 24" solid table top without any extras but the Conical disk and the rip fence - - they didn't finish up perfectly square. Corner to corner, they were 1/16" off. For table tops with a 2 1/2" overhang, that's close enough. No one can tell they aren't perfectly square, Especially since I curved the edges. You probably want dead on rectangular doors.
A sled, is for me, the very best way to make square edges. :D
brown_hawk
05-04-2008, 06:42 PM
Hi Hawk! I feel your concern. A while back during an operation I can't remember I found my home made sled didn't reach the table before the work piece reached the saw blade. I wished I had three hands! So I ordered up a set of Extension Table Brackets - Part No. (555997) I used them on the infeed side. They worked wonderfully well. The sled was very easy to control.
That said, - - - I recently found it an easy and safe thing to sand the edges of a 24" X 24" solid table top without any extras but the Conical disk and the rip fence - - they didn't finish up perfectly square. Corner to corner, they were 1/16" off. For table tops with a 2 1/2" overhang, that's close enough. No one can tell they aren't perfectly square, Especially since I curved the edges. You probably want dead on rectangular doors.
A sled, is for me, the very best way to make square edges. :D
Isn't it just a LOT of fun to control a sled like that with three clamps to hold the wood in place while you make sure everything feeds correctly into the saw blade without it all kicking back!!:rolleyes:
Square is nice. Safe is nicer! I can do these cuts with a circular saw and a guide, but the SS would make it easier and faster without all the setup time.
Besides,
IT'S ALL DUSTY'S FAULT! HE MADE ME DO IT!!!:cool:
Hawk
charlese
05-04-2008, 07:14 PM
IT'S ALL DUSTY'S FAULT! HE MADE ME DO IT!!!:cool:
Hawk
Yeah! - that Dusty! His WAY COOL INVENTION made me think too! - and that hurts!!!
a1gutterman
05-05-2008, 12:04 AM
Tim, What is the "fixed support" that you reference here?
Hi Dusty,
Just another piece of 1/2" ply to keep the cut off from dropping down against the blade.:)
a1gutterman
05-05-2008, 12:11 AM
Tim and qtndas01,
I agree, but these are glued up, and the crosscut is to square the ends, so running against a fence is not an option........................
Hi Hawk,
I did not use a fence, nor describe one for my sled, :confused: unless you want to call the raised leading edge of the sled a fence, and in that regard, all sleds have some kind of "fence" to hold your work-piece against.
brown_hawk
05-05-2008, 04:17 AM
Hi Hawk,
I did not use a fence, nor describe one for my sled, :confused: unless you want to call the raised leading edge of the sled a fence, and in that regard, all sleds have some kind of "fence" to hold your work-piece against.
Sorry, Tim:o
That was Ed in Tampa, post number 10. Been a long couple of days and I was tired last night when I was trying to catch up with everything. Between that and trying to do the lift and hight finder posts, I got confused on who posted what.
My apologies and thanks for the help.
Hawk
a1gutterman
05-05-2008, 11:23 PM
Sorry, Tim:o
That was Ed in Tampa, post number 10. Been a long couple of days and I was tired last night when I was trying to catch up with everything. Between that and trying to do the lift and hight finder posts, I got confused on who posted what.
My apologies and thanks for the help.
Hawk
No worries Hawk.http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/images/smilies2/hug.gif