About 12 years ago I had a rush job to cut some parts and whipped this up with a piece of 1/8" plate I had laying around (6" wide x 4" deep). I made the slot coming out to the front to make blade changes easy ( the SWAG model's slot goes to the back so the saw needs to be removed to change blades). The blades, especially on older units tend to jump off quite often so this may be a big consideration. The 1/8" plate worked great as there was enough thickness to counter sink the 2 attachment screws, used the same holes where the silly finger support was, it required a small shim to square up the blade to the table. I cut a wedge of wood to hold the trigger switch in the on position and use a inline/plug in switch to turn it off and on, a foot peddle switch would work well also. It was a quick and simple job.
I'm curious how well the tee square in a slot works? I find that as the blade wears the approach angle to get a square cut changes. I just put it in a vice and have one dedicated to it's use as I very often take it out to cut large pipe or take it to a job site. The table is small enough that I don't need to remove it on free hand cuts and big enough for table type work. The small table transformed it into a far more useful tool.
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Ken H in AZ
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