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And I for one really appreciate your educational and presentations on this forum Ed. You are what the froum is all about, always about learning, experiences and sharing.

ashbury wrote:And I for one really appreciate your educational and presentations on this forum Ed. You are what the froum is all about, always about learning, experiences and sharing.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony,

The True Trac borrows heavily from EurekaZone products' designs which have been around for several years. The cutting table appears to be very similar, perhaps is the exact same stuff--maybe True Track bought from EZ. Yes, the table is a wonderful thing. I use mine in my driveway to at least basically cut down sheet goods, making it much easier on my back and the rest of me to carry lighter pieces to my shop in the back yard.

EurekaZone has had a router adapter for several years, http://eurekazone.com/products/detail/srs.html. It allows movement in both the X and Y directions, as needed, plus can adjust the Z height of the track is at a different height than the material being routed. A few people have also adapted it to a couple models of power hand planers. I adapted mine to a JessEm dowel jig.

Additionally, EurekaZone has a bridge system, http://eurekazone.com/content/b-300-bridge-kit, that dramatically increases safety, precision, ease of use, etc., for many kinds of cutting tasks.

backhertz wrote:This kit to my knowledge was deigned by Dick Rhodes, a former employee of Shopsmith. I have used the True Trac & it works quite well. I probably could of save a bunch of money. But I couldn't resist. Plus it just came out with a router adapter which rides on the tracks. I'm not aware of any other system that uses a router adapter as well as a circular saw adapter. I was not aware of other systems other than the Festool plunge saw which is too expensive for my pocket book.

I like the table because a 2' x 4' x 3/4" sheet of plywood will allow me to quickly set up the Tool Trac or whatever many of you use to cut large sheets of plywood with ease.

Ed, thanks for all the pics. I haven't put mine together yet but will soon when I build my vanity.

Tony

In my opinion this is all a chicken or egg affair.

It seems that everyone borrows ideas from everyone else. To make this point browse through all the equipment that Incra sells.