Greg Scull
03-17-2010, 6:46 PM
I'm hoping some of you who have been working with table saws for a long time might be able to help me or provide advice on this dilemma.
I recently purchased a Rockwell/Delta 34-388 Contractors Saw off of Craigslist for a great price. The saw is in good condition and I plan to move
it to a mobile bench eventually, allowing me to replace the rusted feet of the original stand. The seller also included: 83" unirail, 43" unifence, 44" extension table he got when he bought his new unisaw, with the purchase.
I built some legs for the extension table and am going to use it in place of the original aluminum wing that came on the saw. Now that I have the table built im getting ready
to mount the rail to the saw but the holes don't line up. Extensive googling yeilded that I need to drill a few holes in the cast iron table of the saw to accomplish this.
Now to my question.
The Rail being 83" is pretty long. Since I have to drill holes im wondering if 52" of right rip capacity is really necessary or if I might be better off mounting the rail further to the left of the saw to enhance the left rip? Is this a benefit? The rail is missing the tape measure so I get to replace it anyways. I dont really want to trim the rail down but the current configuration is hanging off the end of the 44" extension table. The picture attached shows the rail lined up on one of the bolt holes which corresponds to the enforced middle hole on the front of the saw.
I was thinking I would mount it and trim it someday once I build the mobile bench for it. But I don't want to drill more than I have to should the configuration change.
I am also curious about if anyone has opted to drill the rail and not the saw to accomplish the mounting on a non standard hole pattern?
I recently purchased a Rockwell/Delta 34-388 Contractors Saw off of Craigslist for a great price. The saw is in good condition and I plan to move
it to a mobile bench eventually, allowing me to replace the rusted feet of the original stand. The seller also included: 83" unirail, 43" unifence, 44" extension table he got when he bought his new unisaw, with the purchase.
I built some legs for the extension table and am going to use it in place of the original aluminum wing that came on the saw. Now that I have the table built im getting ready
to mount the rail to the saw but the holes don't line up. Extensive googling yeilded that I need to drill a few holes in the cast iron table of the saw to accomplish this.
Now to my question.
The Rail being 83" is pretty long. Since I have to drill holes im wondering if 52" of right rip capacity is really necessary or if I might be better off mounting the rail further to the left of the saw to enhance the left rip? Is this a benefit? The rail is missing the tape measure so I get to replace it anyways. I dont really want to trim the rail down but the current configuration is hanging off the end of the 44" extension table. The picture attached shows the rail lined up on one of the bolt holes which corresponds to the enforced middle hole on the front of the saw.
I was thinking I would mount it and trim it someday once I build the mobile bench for it. But I don't want to drill more than I have to should the configuration change.
I am also curious about if anyone has opted to drill the rail and not the saw to accomplish the mounting on a non standard hole pattern?