looking for pro's & con's... the table appears to offer what I need... just
want to see how others think about it.

TIA Joe

Wow ... looked this beast up ... weighs 125 pounds! Grizzly is known for
making hefty well built equipment, albeit not usually 'polished'. Sorry,
I can't give you any info other than what I've read about the table.
Seems to be worth the bucks if you got 'em!

Jack


HMFIC- 1369 wrote:
looking for pro's & con's... the table appears to offer what I need... just
want to see how others think about it.

TIA Joe

With Shipping it's way over what I'd like but it appears to meet most of my
requirements. Even though the sliding table "looks" good, I'm wondering of
it works out that way.

I've looked 'em all over, I do like the Veritas best so far and as someone
suggested dumping the right angle it works out a lot cheaper! , but the
Grizzly appears to have caught my attention, and in the least deserves
further homework.


"mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net" "mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net" wrote
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Wow ... looked this beast up ... weighs 125 pounds! Grizzly is known for
making hefty well built equipment, albeit not usually 'polished'. Sorry,
I can't give you any info other than what I've read about the table.
Seems to be worth the bucks if you got 'em!

Jack


HMFIC- 1369 wrote:
looking for pro's & con's... the table appears to offer what I need...
just
want to see how others think about it.

TIA Joe

"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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looking for pro's & con's... the table appears to offer what I need...
just
want to see how others think about it.

I have a cast iron sliding table on my table saw and I love it. I'm not sure
I see that a sliding table on a router table adds that much value,
especially an aluminimum one. The sliding table is only useful for wood
lengths of 26-27" or less. How do you use featherboards from the side?
There's no miter slot and you cannot use magnetic devices on an aluminum
table.

Bob

Some good points! There is no miter slot (the Veritas short one too).
Personally, I'm not sure I will use it much. I haven't used the one that I
have now, I simply using the fence.
Both the MCLS and the Veritas are less expensive models. I think it's time
to contact Grizzly, the reason behind my purchase for the most part is to
make cabinet doors. If I can get 36" of travel off of the sliding table then
I'm getting closer to a go. If not then either the Veritas $324.00 or the
MCLS $345.95 shipping included. will look better, the Grizzly is up to
$396.00 .....

Thanks, Joe


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"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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looking for pro's & con's... the table appears to offer what I need...
just
want to see how others think about it.

I have a cast iron sliding table on my table saw and I love it. I'm not
sure
I see that a sliding table on a router table adds that much value,
especially an aluminimum one. The sliding table is only useful for wood
lengths of 26-27" or less. How do you use featherboards from the side?
There's no miter slot and you cannot use magnetic devices on an aluminum
table.

Bob

"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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make cabinet doors. If I can get 36" of travel off of the sliding table
then
I'm getting closer to a go.

That's impossible with a sliding table that is 30 3/4" long. You have to
deduct the "overlap" between the slider and the main table body and also the
room required for the slider fence. The slider on my table saw is 30" long.
The maximum board width it will handle is 24". I would expect similar
results from the Grizzley router table. If you can figure out how to work it
without the fence, you may get 3-4 more inches, but that's nowhere near 36"
of travel.

Bob

The way I was looking at was that both tables are 30", if the slider draws
back 6" before the bit that'll give me 36" of travel. Correct me if I'm
wrong.

Thanks Joe

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"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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make cabinet doors. If I can get 36" of travel off of the sliding table
then
I'm getting closer to a go.

That's impossible with a sliding table that is 30 3/4" long. You have to
deduct the "overlap" between the slider and the main table body and also
the
room required for the slider fence. The slider on my table saw is 30"
long.
The maximum board width it will handle is 24". I would expect similar
results from the Grizzley router table. If you can figure out how to work
it
without the fence, you may get 3-4 more inches, but that's nowhere near
36"
of travel.

Bob

"*HMFIC@1369*" My wrote in message
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The way I was looking at was that both tables are 30", if the slider draws
back 6" before the bit that'll give me 36" of travel. Correct me if I'm
wrong.

Joe you're looking at it wrong. I tried to think about all kinds of ways to
convince you with words but I cannot describe it. Get some boards or pieces
of paper to create a model of the router table, sliding table and the board
attached to it. Move it around and take some measurements. I think you'll
convince yourself that there is no way to get 36" of travel.

Bob

"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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Some good points! There is no miter slot (the Veritas short one too).


Yes, but the veritas is all steel, so magnetic featherboards work. Also you
can clamp something to the edge of the table, since it has exposed clamping
edge on all four sides. Additionally, Veritas sells a fence mounted holddown
that has side acting clamps on it. Of course its limited to narrow boards.
If you don't use side featherboards, its no big deal. I get along without
them.

Bob

I sent an "e" to Grizzly, they acknowledged and escalated the question
quickly. I'll post when I get it!


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"HMFIC- 1369" PRC- wrote in message
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Some good points! There is no miter slot (the Veritas short one too).


Yes, but the veritas is all steel, so magnetic featherboards work. Also
you
can clamp something to the edge of the table, since it has exposed
clamping
edge on all four sides. Additionally, Veritas sells a fence mounted
holddown
that has side acting clamps on it. Of course its limited to narrow boards.
If you don't use side featherboards, its no big deal. I get along without
them.

Bob