Bill Huber
04-11-2009, 7:08 PM
I have had my Jet for awhile now and when I got it, it had the stamped steel extensions. I was not very happy with them but I just did not want to spend the $160 to $200 of nice case iron one.
I then found an old Craftsman table saw with webbed extensions for $50, took the extension off and installed them on the Jet. Yes they were finger pinches and with a great idea from Bruce Page I installed some hard board and it worked out very well and I was happy with that.
115430
I was talking to the guy at work in the maintenance group and he said he thought he had some that came with his saw that he never use. He is a welder / metal worker and I find out he makes custom cabinets on the side. All I had to do was drive up and get them, if we could find them.
I went by today and he has a big Delta cabinet saw and steel tables all around the sides and back of the saw. He can put a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood on it and still have room to spare.
So we dug though some stuff and there they were, two 10 inch heavy cast iron extensions. still wrapped in waxed paper. They only had 3 large holes in them but that was no problem, just drilled 4 holes in each and bolted them up. I did loose 4 inches from the width of the saw but that really is on problem.
They are really nice and I did not have to shim them at all and they are flat as can be.
So $200 worth of extensions for a 10 mile round trip I think is a gloat......
115431
I then found an old Craftsman table saw with webbed extensions for $50, took the extension off and installed them on the Jet. Yes they were finger pinches and with a great idea from Bruce Page I installed some hard board and it worked out very well and I was happy with that.
115430
I was talking to the guy at work in the maintenance group and he said he thought he had some that came with his saw that he never use. He is a welder / metal worker and I find out he makes custom cabinets on the side. All I had to do was drive up and get them, if we could find them.
I went by today and he has a big Delta cabinet saw and steel tables all around the sides and back of the saw. He can put a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood on it and still have room to spare.
So we dug though some stuff and there they were, two 10 inch heavy cast iron extensions. still wrapped in waxed paper. They only had 3 large holes in them but that was no problem, just drilled 4 holes in each and bolted them up. I did loose 4 inches from the width of the saw but that really is on problem.
They are really nice and I did not have to shim them at all and they are flat as can be.
So $200 worth of extensions for a 10 mile round trip I think is a gloat......
115431