If the hose exits low on the cabinet, why do you need to mess with the PF. In my case, The hose exits thru the tilt bracket. May be a picture will help.
If you rest the PF on the cast iron there will not be any weight on the F channel interface. This may be okay, as long as the PF and the stand is stable and does not wobble left or right.
I did the opposite which places weight on the F channel and it hung in a stable manner. It does force the lower part of the tilt bracket into the machine but I was still able to pull the plastic cover out. I still don¡¯t know why you need to remove the plastic cover if the hose exits lower on the cabinet.
On Apr 25, 2025, at 7:55?PM, TMichael WARD via groups.io <tmikko@...> wrote:
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Thanks Imran. My power feeder too is resting .? My 2008 machine also rests on the F rail, but has an. 80 mm hose which is? longer, as it goes down to the bottom edge of the cabinet.
Based on your experience, I'll try to spin the power feeder over to the saw deck, unweight it by lowering to the table, and maybe lift the inner part of the? tube so that when I undo the mounting bolts I can pull it out far enough to free the plastic shroud. Then hopefully can get at the upper hose connection.? And see if I can persuade my 3D printing friends to make me two 80 mm to 2.5" adapters. Mike