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Default Quick Question on Accufence

On 1/2/2019 2:15 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 1/2/19 1:10 PM, dpb wrote:
On 1/2/2019 12:24 PM, Leon wrote:
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The back rail is only to support the extension table that the fence
will rest on.


The back rail has absolutely no function to support the wings on a PM
66; they're precision-milled castings bolted to the main table...

When mine was manufactured (still in McMinnville, TN), they were still
being surface-ground at the factory in place before being removed
again for shipping...they quit that later to control some of the
costs, but they're still milled flat w/ square, true edges to mate the
main table casting.

I don't know what they're now shipping for fence options; the
"classic" 66 had just a couple of 5/16" bolts with a formed nylon
washer to fit the round shape that bolted through oversized holes on
the table to let it be (the rail) adjusted to the table, not to help
support the table wings at all...

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We're not talking about the side extensions.
We're talking out an out-feed table.



Well actually the OP he never mentioned out feed table. I read
extension table to mean "extension table". And yes if you add an
extension table, and especially if you add to a 50" rip capacity the
back rail is needed to support and prevent sag of the extension table.