MFT table purchase or custom MFT build???

[cham-ed]

Mine is atop a Harbor Freight lift table. You have to pump it up with your foot but it didn't cost a fortune.

[RFGuy]

Mine is atop a Harbor Freight lift table. You have to pump it up with your foot but it didn't cost a fortune.

Yeah, the Autoquip lift is a dream that I will probably never have. The Harbor Freight lift has to be really nice. One thing I have wondered with all of these lift tables is how stable are they once you get to a height? I believe the Jack bench style specifically has locks that you have to tighten once you raise or lower it (to prevent movement). Once the Harbor Freight gets adjusted to height is it rock solid at that height? I mean if you hammer something on it or add weight does it sag? Both the Autoquip and Harbor Freight unit are hydraulic lifts so I would think they would stay in place, but just curious.

[sehast]

I made mine based on an automotive scissor jack that I use a drill to adjust similar to this.

https://onedrive.live.com/?id=AD3AEB4D9 ... 4D9421E3ED

Except I made mine a lot bigger and with more features, table router and face vise. It is very stable even when the locks are not screwed down. A lot of work but it sure didn't cost much and I use it almost every day.

[RFGuy]

It looks like someone has replicated the Festool crosscut functionality using standard 25 series aluminum extrusions and a product (guide rail pivot) from a company called Right Angle Design that allows the tracks to attach to these standard Al extrusions. If I can get this product, I will probably go this route rather than getting the Festool aluminum side rails to attach to my custom MFT top. I also like his idea of building in a sacrificial throat in the MFT top.

It is a long video series (3rd video has the guide rail pivot), but if anyone is interested, check out his MFT design below:



[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66BB-h344sk[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBJIeP8iYWM[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2SwfSzJEoU[/youtube]

[RFGuy]

Here is a pic of the Right Angle Design pivot for attaching tracksaw tracks to an aluminum side rail. This is the first aftermarket pivot that I have seen for tracksaw tracks. Has anyone seen another company produce something similar?

https://www.etsy.com/shop/rightangledesign/

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