Sharing a potential storage location for the Felder parallel guide arm. I stumbled on the idea when changing out the factory dust guard bolts with stainless ones at first wanting to use the tube as the dust hose however the hinge restricts the end eliminating that option. Turns out there is plenty of depth to hold the parallel guide arm and the locking block protrudes less than the existing dust arm housing, i.e. no lost clearance. The inserts are press fit and created a nice opportunity for a "vanity" plate. The first chamfered square version had an incorrect outer radius not matching the tube while the second radiused version is nearly perfect and served as modeling practice. The parts are directly off the printer with no sanding or vapor smoothing, etc. The texture seen is from the textured heated plate it is printed on face down.
Open for suggestions on how to further utilize this existing overhead arm such as a bracket or formed sheetmetal part holding the dust hose, an extra rip fence, the miter fence, another aftermarket parallel guide such as the Lamb tool works version (unsure if his machined end fits inside the arm)??
With the proliferation of low cost, accurate printers shall we start a .stl or 3D Print file category for sharing these types of things??
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Mike B
