Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:39 am
dusty wrote:I believe I am correct when I say that hardly anyone with a Mark 5/V will tell you that an Extension Table can be used interchangeably at either end without needing to realign the extension table.
Say hello to "hardly anybody".
I have a fair number of extension tables and I did do an initial alignment on the right end of each machine to fit properly with the main table and can match each of those extensions to that machine (by color) but that's it. Beyond that I only do a very quick check when setting up a cut. I just can't visualize a situation where I would be at all concerned about alignment when mounted at the other end. Not even back in the days when I was using the 510 for all of my tablesaw work. All I ever used a table on that left end for was support of a piece of sheet goods and I just can't see how it could be off enough to matter at all in that use. If I want an extension on both sides I don't care what machine the one used on the left came from.
These days I only occasionally even use an SS as a tablesaw but do use them for other jobs done in tablesaw mode like dado's or molding jobs etc. My tablesaw (Rigid TS-3650)
is only used as a tablesaw and compared to some of the badly worn old crap I had to get by with for decades is amazing to me. Even then I only use it for ripping and wide crosscutting. Most common narrower crosscutting is done on my Delta compound miter saw. When I am working on something small and closely detailed I am prone to grab hand tools.
I try to avoid excessive accuracy when I can.
Maybe you could search listings in the Tuscon area for a chapter of "Accuracy Anonymous".
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