As I have the machine in pieces at the moment I have been going through the list of annoyances and inconveniences that I recall when I was last using the machine in anger.

Top of that list was the inability to fit an extension to the front of the thicknesser table which is not fixable on the 10" thicknesser.

Second is the 6 inch gap between the saw table and the planner table that prevents the rip fence traversing smoothly across the full range of the dovetail.

I'm not talking about trying to replace the entire metal plate just a section at the saw end.

Obviously some clearance between the extension and the planner table but no more than 5-6mm.

Has anyone installed an infill or extension piece between the saw table and the planner table on a BF6 Combination machine, either S Coupling or F Coupling and how did you go about mounting it,

bolted to the edge of the saw table or mounted on studs to the machine chassis?

Any thought or engineering opinion on which is the best approach?