As I have said before, I have a brand new Delta contractors saw in the boxes waiting to be assembled. Due to the size of my shop, my saw needs to be mobile. I have already boughten a Jet mobile base and I intend to assemble the saw on this base, however, ultimately, I would like to make my saw part of a mobile cabinet. I have seen several of these and it seems like a wise choice for a very small shop. I have been wanting to make a Norm style router table as well, but it seems like this is a good way to kill 2 birds with one stone by mounting a router as part of the right hand table extension.
If figure the cabinet will be fairly easy to build, especially since I now have the Kreg pocket hole system, the biggest part is putting it all together so everything works together well. When it comes to router extensions, what do people use for these? Are then all hand made or do they sell router table extensions for table saws? I just havne't paid much attention to these in the past.
Seems like the best design would be one that is basically 2 boxes. One for the table saw to sit on and one for the router . When it comes to the table saw, what do you guys think is the best way to go as to how to mount the saw. I could mount it on a solid top or would mounting it on top of a square cut out to allow saw dust to crop down into a drawer or may just drop down into a box behind a cabinet door? I would have to leave room for acess to the bevel wheel on the side of the table. Any thoughts on what would be the best way to go here, thoughts on design etc.?
Thanks,
Corey