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Thread: The MacGyver Table Saw
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8th September 2009, 09:07 PM #1Intermediate Member
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The MacGyver Table Saw
The original table saw is approximately 60 years old. Additions to it over the years include...
- The extension table is 9mm thick aluminium from a wheelchair access scales unit. Very heavy.
- To counter the weight, a 700mm piece of rail track is positioned at bottom left.
- Which is supported by 50mm angle iron from the local tip.
- Rod (10mm), from an old IV pole, is used in adjusting the extension table.
- The rod slides in tube provided from a childs pram.
- The locking knobs on the tube are from an old patient bedside table.
- The hardwood fence is from a 50% off sale at Hudsons.
- The induction motor (1.5 hp) is from an industrial floor polisher.
- The on/off switch is an old Bakelite house light switch.
- Threaded pipe pieces and pipe lengths serve as handles to assist in moving are from a metal scrap merchant.
- The wheels are from a local hardware store.
All together, it works a treat!
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8th September 2009, 11:28 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Its a bewdy in the best Oz tradition!
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9th September 2009, 09:30 AM #3acmegridley Guest
Unsafe at any speed!
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10th September 2009, 07:49 PM #4Intermediate Member
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Hi mate. I was thinking about the "unsafe" aspect of the saw today and I thought of the dowelling attachment (see below). By removing the extension table and attaching a two pronged travel bar arrangement and inserting various sized dowel bits it can become a wickedly OH&S 'no-no'. The table slides in and out on the travel bars.
Was it or is it still a common feature on modern table saws?
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10th September 2009, 08:46 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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What?............... and no dovetail attachment.
How about at least adding a shop-made domino attachment?
(Well done on the machine but don't let your kids use it)
Graham
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12th September 2009, 02:14 AM #6
That is an impressive beast! I especially love the old fashioned light switch, nice touch.
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21st September 2009, 04:29 AM #7Skwair2rownd
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