Like the idea for the vertical sliders, but what did you use for the lower slides. I guess they need to be at least 9/10 feet long. ‘Thought’, about slides what about sawdust . I considered square steel box for the main frame, say two or three inch with the upper and lower members set with a corner uppermost so the dust mostly falls off. Got a better idea?? Make it easy, here in France its oh so difficult to get stuff.
Cloggs.
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Since nobody will do it , I'll jump in.
France?...that says it all.
what does that mean?
are you bashing france.
if so that is lame!
if not make more clear posts.
It means the poster can't afford French tools because their backward socialist economy produces high taxation on goods, esp. imports, like good woodworking tools.
Lighten up.
no need to be rude to a french wood worker about his nation.
Europeans are far more advanced in tool design and manufacture.
no question.
No, it simply means you are posting messages in the wrong folder. Lee is working hard to promote Montanafest here and all of you are providing unwanted distractions. I like the French, they're always around at the wrong place at the wrong time, makes them kind of quirky that way.
Vive la France!
Europeans "far more advanced" in tool design? Ha! I think not. American manufacturing has always led the way since WW2. Aside from the 32mm system in euro-cabinetry, visit any large manufacturing plant producing cabinets in this country and you'll see what I mean.
Salut Cloggs!
I too want a panel saw, but don't have the space. What I finally did is to make a panel fence that I clamp to the plywood.Its easy , quick and keeps it right angle. I cut a lot of baltic birch panels and they are almost always out of square. I rip them down with my panelfence and then trim them to size on the table saw. It's fast and efficient-but not production speed.
For about US$100 (I think that's about 36 Euros these days) I bought extruded aluminium.
My main guide is U-channel 9 feet long (<3 metres) and is 3.5" by 1" (90mm x 25mm)
this is attached to the bottom leg which is square tubing. The diagonal is 1x1" square tubing-- the bolts are for fine adjustment. I first set it up based on a 3x4x5 measurement and then checked it with a framing sqaure and then finally made some cuts and checked those. It works great and is more accurate on large panels than a tablesaw.
I made some quick snapshots in the rain. The upper left is an overall shot of the rig, clockwise the top pivot joint, my skil saw attached to the slider with the guide slot-its three inches from the fence-but any standard dimension is fine. I also usually have a wood block protruding from the lower leg that I cut off with the saw in the carriage-so there're no mistakes.
The last photo is the adjustment bolt. I check it about once a year-you can see I don't treat it very well.
It would be easy to make it better and simpler-but it works. I clamp it with two vise grips top and bottom.
Hope this helps.
Will
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