I have nothing to say about saw stop.
But? sliders,? no matter the size, have some really nice safety
options.? The ability to make jugs and fixtures that? can be
affixed to the slider into which difficult to hold or finicky
pieces? has been? one of my most liked features. I'm a big fan of
fixturing.? Clamp the work in the fixture and take the cut. Your
hands are never anywhere near the cut.? With little kids this may
be a consideration.
On 2/10/22 1:56 PM, Shawn Kammerer via
groups.io wrote:
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Hi all,
Like an?amoeba reproducing through cell division, I
am in the process of diverging my one shop into two, one for
professional work (door, window, and cabinet construction),
and one at home for hobby (musical instruments and
furniture). The home shop won't have enough room to
comfortably fit a full slider, so the KF700 goes to the
production shop. But I love crosscutting on the table saw.
Also, my kids (9yo and 11yo) are my little apprentices and
love to work with me in the shop. So I'm leaning toward
buying a Sawstop and the sliding table attachment. I know
it's not the same as a Euro slider by any means, but I won't
be doing sheet goods, at least not large pieces. It's mostly
the crosscutting of small pieces of solid wood that I want
to do. Do any of you have experience with this? I know you
can bolt it onto the extension wing for larger capacity, but
I'm so used to the slider being almost right up against the
blade, removing the friction from sliding your parts across
the cast iron, so I'd lean toward removing the extension
wing and mounting the slider closer to the blade. Any
thoughts out there, or am I on the wrong track here?
Thanks,
Shawn
