How Big is a 520 Main Table

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:36 pm

It is not really all that large but is quite adequate for my use. The table itself measures 22"x17" but what I really am trying to confirm is the span of the table (infeed to outfeed) including the front and rear rails.

Mine measures 26 3/32" measures like this:

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I would certainly appreciate verification of this dimension from at least two or three of you.

PS: I checked a second table and the rails measure an exact 26".

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:16 pm

dusty wrote:It is not really all that large but is quite adequate for my use. The table itself measures 22"x17" but what I really am trying to confirm is the span of the table (infeed to outfeed) including the front and rear rails.

Mine measures 26 3/32" measures like this:

[ATTACH]17853[/ATTACH]

I would certainly appreciate verification of this dimension from at least two or three of you.

If'n I had 520 'stuff' I would be glad to oblige, but that is not the case.

I have a ? regarding the 'elevation' of the tubes in the rails. Are the front and rear the same(actually distance below the table top). i.e. If the floating tables were assembled to the tubes backwards, would the table tops still be co-planer albiet off set f-r?

oldc6 · Post by **oldc6** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:03 pm

Dusty: not wanting to hijack this thread but, is that the (packrat) motorhome still setting in your:rolleyes:

yard???? Repaired by now i assume.........

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:13 pm

oldc6 wrote:Dusty: not wanting to hijack this thread but, is that the (packrat) motorhome still setting in your:rolleyes: yard???? Repaired by now i assume.........

Yes it is. But now it is there for purely financial reasons now. Arrangements have been made to have it picked up by a AAA wrecker and taken to the garage for repair.

Current analysis says I will probably need a fuel pump and that I might ought to drain and clean out the tank. If I do that, I will disgard the fuel that is currently onboard.

We have reservations for a long trip in December....meaning we now have to act or lose significant money. They don't do reservations anymore on a promise that we will be there. They want deposits up front.

Yes...I may have the cart before the horse on this one.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:43 pm

JPG40504 wrote:If'n I had 520 'stuff' I would be glad to oblige, but that is not the case.

I have a ? regarding the 'elevation' of the tubes in the rails. Are the front and rear the same(actually distance below the table top). i.e. If the floating tables were assembled to the tubes backwards, would the table tops still be co-planer albiet off set f-r?

I am not certain that I understand your question. If one uses the gauges that are sent with the 520 upgrade kit, the top edges of the front and rear rails set in the same plane (the same distance below the main table plane).

Extension tubes, properly secured in both the front and rear rails, will be parallel to one another and in the same plane.

If this does not answer your question, please give me another chance.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:38 pm

dusty wrote:I am not certain that I understand your question. If one uses the gauges that are sent with the 520 upgrade kit, the top edges of the front and rear rails set in the same plane (the same distance below the main table plane).

Extension tubes, properly secured in both the front and rear rails, will be parallel to one another and in the same plane.

If this does not answer your question, please give me another chance.

How far in the vertical direction are each of the front and rear extension tubes from the top of the table. Easiest way to measure is to set a floating table top side down on a flat surface and determine the distance from the flat surface to an extension tube(top or bottom).

I merely want to know if the front and rear 520 rails locate the tubes vertically the same.

If so, connecting a floating table reversed front to rear will still be flush with the main table top. That is true for a 510 since the rails are identical.

TIA

mikelst · Post by **mikelst** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:36 pm

couldn't you take two extension tables and reverse one. Then run the tubes into them and see if the tables are level?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:14 am

mikelst wrote:couldn't you take two extension tables and reverse one. Then run the tubes into them and see if the tables are level?

If I had 520 tables/rails, yes. I ask the question for future reference when I will have 520 stuff!

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:40 am

JPG40504 wrote:How far in the vertical direction are each of the front and rear extension tubes from the top of the table. Easiest way to measure is to set a floating table top side down on a flat surface and determine the distance from the flat surface to an extension tube(top or bottom).

I merely want to know if the front and rear 520 rails locate the tubes vertically the same.

If so, connecting a floating table reversed front to rear will still be flush with the main table top. That is true for a 510 since the rails are identical.

TIA

Yes, that is true. I thought I had said that in the previous post but I guess that plane needs to be horizontal. It is horizontal.

Photographic confirmation to follow.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:05 am

dusty wrote:Yes, that is true. I thought I had said that in the previous post but I guess that plane needs to be horizontal. It is horizontal.

Photographic confirmation to follow.

Good Morning Dusty!

Pix not necessary!

Tnx

P.S. Yes you did answer, but the rail alignment gauges distracted me. Sorry for not reading it closer.

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How Big is a 520 Main Table

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