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Fairly quickly after I got my BT3100 I knew I wanted extension rails, to make working with sheet goods easier. Well, back then (late 2003) the rails were pretty expensive. When the BORG then had their huge holiday sale, I saw my chance: a couple of extra rails, with an entire saw attached...
I had been using it for a while, but now the drawers are completed as well. So is finally finished: My Frankensaw!
The base is a glued and nailed torsion box. Then the carcass was added, glue and pocket screws. Oak plywood, 3/4". Exposed plywood edges were covered with 1/8" strips of oak and pine left over from some other project. The drawers are reused pine, blind dove tails front and back, with 1/4" hardboard as bottom in a dadoed groove. Drawer fronts are oak ply, edges left 'naturel'.
To mount the saws I used T-tracks dadoed into some 1x strips of oak. Probably overkill, but I happened to have them on hand and that way I can reconfigure the saw if needed.
The rails are joined (sort of) with T-nuts. Works OK, time will tell if I need to reinforce that.
The saws and rails are aligned in such a way that the scales on both saws are fully functional. That is pretty handy! The scales are pretty accurate, so most of the time I do not have to double check. That is a great timesaver.
And finally one of Lee's master pieces! He managed to get that one done between hurricanes! [:0][^]
It's pretty nice to be able to leave the dado blades in the right saw and the regular blade in the left saw. That and the shark really cut down on re-tooling time! I am also using the router table on the extreme right of the saw.
Gerd
Fairly quickly after I got my BT3100 I knew I wanted extension rails, to make working with sheet goods easier. Well, back then (late 2003) the rails were pretty expensive. When the BORG then had their huge holiday sale, I saw my chance: a couple of extra rails, with an entire saw attached...
I had been using it for a while, but now the drawers are completed as well. So is finally finished: My Frankensaw!
The base is a glued and nailed torsion box. Then the carcass was added, glue and pocket screws. Oak plywood, 3/4". Exposed plywood edges were covered with 1/8" strips of oak and pine left over from some other project. The drawers are reused pine, blind dove tails front and back, with 1/4" hardboard as bottom in a dadoed groove. Drawer fronts are oak ply, edges left 'naturel'.
To mount the saws I used T-tracks dadoed into some 1x strips of oak. Probably overkill, but I happened to have them on hand and that way I can reconfigure the saw if needed.
The rails are joined (sort of) with T-nuts. Works OK, time will tell if I need to reinforce that.
The saws and rails are aligned in such a way that the scales on both saws are fully functional. That is pretty handy! The scales are pretty accurate, so most of the time I do not have to double check. That is a great timesaver.
And finally one of Lee's master pieces! He managed to get that one done between hurricanes! [:0][^]
It's pretty nice to be able to leave the dado blades in the right saw and the regular blade in the left saw. That and the shark really cut down on re-tooling time! I am also using the router table on the extreme right of the saw.
Gerd
] Super looking base, my furniture should look so good. Pat
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