Nick--

I have the same set-up you just bought having sold my large excalibur
sliding table (loved it but it just took up way too much space in a
tight shop) for the Jessem machine that's attached to my PM66.

Just finished cutting rabbits and dadoes for a set of16 bookcases I'm
building. I find it far faster to cut the rabbits/dadoes using a dado
head on a table saw than using the router method though I believe it's
more a matter of preference than anything else. You can do good work
with either method though I think you'll find it fastewr to set the
tablesaw fence where you want it and get the exact result with every
board.

Only thing that I think can go wrong are the usual tablesaw sorts of
things--if the fence isn't correctly set you can get binding (which
can lead to kick-back), if you lose your presence of mind when you're
operating the saw, you can end up cutting more than just the lumber.
If your fences aren't aligned correctly you'll end up with skewed
dadoes/rabbits. I use a set of Forrest dado cutters which give me
pretty smooth and clean cuts.

One thing that you might need to do depending on the width of the
boards you're cuitting and where you mount the Jessem fence is place
the stop that Jessem builds into the table in a different position
than the factory setting--this isn't a problem when youre doing
straight cuts with a standard sawblade but when you have a dado head
mounted, you might end up with the board not going far enough past the
dado head to get the full depth in the dado.

all best,

jw


On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:01:41 -0600, "Nicky"
wrote:

I've been looking around for a sliding table for my TS. After doing some
research I found the jessem 7500 would work best for me (mainly due to it's
small foot print and crosscut capacity.)

In searching for best price I came across a flyer from Stan Houston
Equipment Co, advertising this unit for 449.95 at a woodworkers show in SD.
I called, and asked about the pricing and was very pleased that they would
honor the price, and send UPS to NM. It arrived a few days later, I'm going
to spend today installing my new toy. I've unpacked the table, and I'm
impressed already. All looks well machined and nicely finished. I just
wanted to say that I was very happy with this transaction from Stan Houston
and think I got a great price.

Now for my question...I do a lot of shelving, mainly for display cases and
libraries. The sliding table was purchased so that I can make quick work of
cutting panels and shelving, accurately. Carcass design usually calls for
rabbits and dados that I normally use a router and straight edge. Is anyone
using their sliding table to perform these operation? What could go wrong
with using the sliding table and TS fence for rabbit/dados?

thanks,

-nick


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