On 1/21/11 11:56 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
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On 1/21/2011 10:00 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:22:30 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
wrote:

On Jan 21, 8:23 am, wrote:
"Larry wrote in message
I'd choose the saw which didn't have the asshole attorney attached to
it, the Whirlwind licensed machine, of course.

And when you cut something off, some asshole attorney is going to be your
painful best friend.

It's funny to see an post to me from someone who has been in my twit
filter for several years now. What he doesn't realize is that good
people don't need nor use attorneys for self-inflicted wounds. They
take responsibility for their actions, unlike the liberal idiots in
Uppy's small circle.


I'd buy the Sawstop too, except for one thing. A standard tablesaw is too
high for me to safely use. The only option for me is the Access model
General 650. Considering it cost as much or a little more than the Sawstop,
the factor of money doesn't really come into play, not unless I'd be willing
to spend some $10,000 or more for a computer controlled saw. And yes, I
inquired if there was enough space inside the Sawstop cabinet to possibly
lower the saw and there isn't, not even close. Not to mention the voiding of
any warranty.

Would it be possible to lower the saw into an elevated platform with
gentle ramps? How much of a height difference are we talking about?

A wheelchair-height workspace is usually 24-26", so lowering would
probably be about 10 inches.

For the amounts of money you are talking about, would raising the floor
10 inches around and in the vicinity of the saw be unthinkable? Or,
IIRC, are you working in a smallish interior room?

He's been over this before--in a word no, it won't work for him. Think
about it--you're on the raised floor, there's something you need that's
three feet away, but you have to go down the ramp in the opposite
direction and then wheel around to it to get it. Not to mention having
to have railings on the raised area to keep from accidentally rolling
off and mangling yourself . . .

If the whole shop floor could be raised it would likely be another
story, but then headroom for people who are not in chairs (or just for
handling stock) could be an issue.

It occurs to me though that a rather baroque but workable approach, if a
pit can be made for the saw, is to make the pit with a jacking mechanism
so that the saw can be lowered into it at need and lifted to be rolled
off on its mobile base when it's not needed, and the jacking mechanism
would raise the floor to level when the saw is not in use. The details
would require either a commercial product of some sort (I can't even
think of good keywords for such a thing) or the services of an engineer
to design the thing.

It occurse to me that it could probably be cobbled with some threaded
rod, sprockets and chain (or cog belt), appropriate structural members,
and a crank, essentially making a huge router lift. If you wanted to
get fancy it could probably be motorized.

Probably wouldn't be cheap but should be _doable_. I suspect that
McMaster can provide all the parts you need that aren't Home Depot or
hardware-store items.

Probably doing all that in his condo would get him in trouble.
Remember, he also doesn't have a traditional shop space either.

--
Froz...


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