Norm Abrams built one on one of his programmers a couple of years ago I thought would be pretty good, like yours with a solid cast base his has a pretty broad base, a box within a box with a threaded rod and wrench arrangement to raise and lower it. He made several fairly wide rollers on the top using plastic pipe with hole saw cores inserted and rod through as the rollers.
He too complained about the way the folding stands tend to fall over but I am not keen on that solution either because of the storage room when not in use. I figure I will extend a table beyond my saw about a foot, it will overhang the motor and give me the extra length for most of my common requirements without actually taking up much room. I will drop a leaf which will give me another three feet when lifted which is overall just a little longer than half a sheet or most lengths I would be cutting. I may add another short folding leaf just to give me that bit more length so I am not struggling to balance a long work piece. I am thinking I might add a foot or two at the side of the table as well, I don't have a left side wing and with some care in design I should be able to fold that twice too so it adds width to the out feed table when I need that. I have 6 dozen of these balls so should be able to get a pretty good friction free or reduced surface that goes away when I don't need it. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: Handyman-Blind Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] roller stands blade guard Hello, I have two roller stands and only like one of them. The first one that I purchased the support legs fold for easy storage. I think that it is a little too flimsy. the other has a cast pedestal base and I really like this one but it is a little harder to store when not in use. When I purchased it the salesman gave me a few tips on using the product. When I set it up I use a straight edge to make sure that is about 1/4" lower than the height of the table saw. that is so that the stock slowly drops down on the roller. Also I use a tape measure to make sure that the roller is parallel to the saw. If the roller is not parallel it can make the wood tend to drift making a bad cut. Since I take the time to set it up as instructed I haven't had any problems. For the blade guard. I use it whenever possible. I have the type that is suppose to ride up on the board as it is passed through the blade. I like the splitter and the antikickback feature. What I really like about it is that it stops the sawdust from flying high back towards me. Even though I use a full face shield The sawdust sometimes comes down between the shield and my face. When I use the crosscut sled I usually remove the guard and obviously need it removed for dado cuts.. Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
