Jason White
02-18-2017, 2:14 PM
I just acquired a new Excalibur overarm blade guard for my Grizzly 1023 cabinet saw (photo shows what the guard looks like).
The guard requires a minimum of 40" to the right of the blade in order to bolt the boom arm directly to the saw. I have short fence rails and a cast-iron router table on the right side of the saw, so bolting the boom arm directly to the saw isn't really going to work for me. And I don't want to cut into the boom arm (make it shorter).
Looking for another way of mounting the boom arm. I'm thinking maybe I could build the boom arm into some kind of mobile cart. Then, when I need to use the router table on the right side of the saw, I can just wheel the Excalibur out of the way. Could this work? I'm guessing I'll have to put some bricks in the bottom of the cart to counter the weight of the boom arm so the cart won't tip over.
Thoughts?
Jason
The guard requires a minimum of 40" to the right of the blade in order to bolt the boom arm directly to the saw. I have short fence rails and a cast-iron router table on the right side of the saw, so bolting the boom arm directly to the saw isn't really going to work for me. And I don't want to cut into the boom arm (make it shorter).
Looking for another way of mounting the boom arm. I'm thinking maybe I could build the boom arm into some kind of mobile cart. Then, when I need to use the router table on the right side of the saw, I can just wheel the Excalibur out of the way. Could this work? I'm guessing I'll have to put some bricks in the bottom of the cart to counter the weight of the boom arm so the cart won't tip over.
Thoughts?
Jason