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George Troy Hurlburt
05-11-2003, 10:53 AM
I have just finished setting up my new Unisaw. Mine has the Biesemeyer. Some pictures show a lower shelf. It must be the Unifence model which features a lower shelf. Any suggestions on making or installing a lower shelf. I just don't have enough space in my shop and an extra shelf to load up would make more storage room for those items I only use occasionally. I did not install the fence arm brackets maybe I could make use of those. Thanks GTH

Jim Becker
05-11-2003, 11:28 AM
It should be relatively easy to add a lower shelf to your saw, especially if you have the left-tilt version. Bolt some metal angle to both the saw cabinet and the extension legs to support your table. I'd recommend you build a frame under the table surface to provide better support for the weight. If you have a right-tilt saw, however, this is harder to do because of the need to accomdate the motor cover. For that you'll need to do a shorter shelf arrangement that is either suspended from above or with "feet" of it's own. The latter method is a bit complicated if you have your saw on a mobile base.

Some folks have also built complete cabinets under their saws for extra storage. One example from WOOD Magazine is avaialble at <a href="http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?woodstore+NM6Snx+tabaccab.html" target="_new">this link</a> and is pictured here:

http://us.st8.yimg.com/store6.yimg.com/I/woodstore_1737_7081515

Bruce Page
05-11-2003, 12:20 PM
George,
I utilized the space to hold my sled. It was pretty easy really, I used some 1”x 1” x 1/8” aluminum angle bolted to the cabinet & legs, set the shelf in place and attached the shelf to the angle from the bottom. I did have to shorten and re-bend the lifting arm on the Delta mobile base, but even that wasn’t too difficult.

Bruce Page
05-11-2003, 12:21 PM
Second pic with sled

Jim Becker
05-11-2003, 1:33 PM
VERY nice storage solution, Burce, and nicely executed, too.

Bruce Page
05-11-2003, 2:49 PM
Thanks Jim, I like your WOOD magazine solution. If I didn’t have the mobile base, that would be the way to go.

You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour. -- Samuel Goldwyn

Jim Becker
05-11-2003, 5:05 PM
Yea, I've been thinking about building a variation on the WOOD design that is a "permanent" addition to my Xacta saw since it's on a mobile base. In my copious free time, of course... :D

Bruce Page
05-11-2003, 7:41 PM
Copious free time? We should all be so lucky!


If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic. -- Jack Handy

Scott Neblung
05-11-2003, 8:17 PM
George,

I would call DELTA and ask them to send you the one that you should be entitled to.

Why ?

Why not??

Why is it included only with the UNIFENCE model and not the Beis? ( 36-842 vs 38-844 ) even if it is the right handed model you have.....

I dont think it's right.

They are the same price arent they?

I would argue that point with them.

Scott

Garrett Lambert
05-11-2003, 11:58 PM
My gosh, all those pictures of clean shops!

The rolling cabinet is a great idea, but my Unisaw is situated such that that idea wouldn't work form. (My dust collection piping runs under the right-hand table). However, I've done a couple of things to my Unisaw to make best use of space in my far-too-small shop.

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On the outfeed side, I installed a row of old kitchen base cabinets that provide wonderful storage. I use a sheet of 3/4" melamine particle board as a one-piece top so that the large surface also serves as a work/assembly/full-size layout table. Dried glue just pops off, but since it's so cheap, I replace the melamine whenever it gets too grubby or marked. Since the photo was taken, I added a bench vise to the front right hand corner, and no use it more often than the one on my bench. And, when I get around to it, I'm going to make power tool drawers for the space underneath those cabinets.

On the infeed side, the one you're interested in, you'll notice that I have a router permanently mounted in the table so I can also use the Unifence for that. So, what I did with space underneath was to make small box to enclose the router for dust collection and to add a shelf on the right-hand side to hold the pancake compressor for the brad nailer.

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This setup works well for a small shop.

Cheers, Garrett

George Troy Hurlburt
05-13-2003, 3:42 PM
Thanks to all who have replied. Since I have the mobile base and left tilt; I will have enough room for a bottom shelf and then a shelf above the lift lever. I should have dug out the difference between a Unifence limited edition and the Biesmeyer limited edition. I might also make a rolling cabinet for some other storage needs that I have. Happy sawdust trails. GTH