Patrick, I remove the outrigger table when I need the additional circulation room in my shop. ? When building a kitchen for instance, after I cut the material, I¡¯ll remove the outrigger table so I have more room to actually construct and move around the cabinets during assembly. ? In my last shop in San Francisco, I had plenty of room (and a $2,000/month shop rent to go with it) and the outrigger stayed on the machine all the time.
David Best
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Not my thread but may I ask why one would want to remove the outrigger table and fennec on a slider.
I don¡¯t have as much experience ona slider as manynhere so maybe Im missing something.?
I have been using a older Altendorf f45 now for the last 8 months at work ona daily basis and I just can¡¯t see why one would ever want to remove it?
I ask because I have a small basement shop much like David¡¯s and a slider will be making its way in over the next year so this conversation is very interesting to me..
Thank you and congrats on the new purchase. Very exciting for all us machinery nerds...
On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Bellsouth
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?David,
Did you read Lucky¡¯s post about his feeder starting and stopping with the spindle?
Joe in New Orleans
This is confusing to me. ? How do you get the Comatic feeder to automatically start running when power is applied to it? ? If I start my Comatic feeder, unplug it, then plug it back in, it powers back up on the OFF mode and I have to press the start switch on the feeder again to get it running - which is the way it should be for safety purposes.. ? So I seriously doubt John¡¯s feeder starts running by itself when the shaper spindle switch is depressed.
Having the power to the PF unavailable if the shaper motor is not running would drive me nuts - setting up the feeder to track accurately is trial and error and I usually test the feeder tracking setup without the spindle turning until I¡¯m certain it¡¯s aligned properly. ??
David Best
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Gary,
That is interesting.
There must be options that can be set.
I think John Ferandin¡¯s Profile 45z has a time delay then starts the feeder after the spindle is started and then the feeder stops when the spindle stops.?
I never hooked my feeder to the shaper plug because I did not want to the feeder to start and stop this way.
Joe in New Orleans
David P. Best