Some while back I read (and saved but can't find) an article about converting a contractor's table saw (open legs) to a cabinet saw. The aim is to be able to do dust collection. These were detailed instructions on building a wooden surround around the body of the saw. It also had hinged compartments so you could still access the outboard electric motor, etc.

Does anybody remember seeing this article and in what publications?

Thanks

Ivan Vegvary

On 9/17/2012 12:07 AM, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Some while back I read (and saved but can't find) an article about converting a contractor's table saw (open legs) to a cabinet saw. The aim is to be able to do dust collection. These were detailed instructions on building a wooden surround around the body of the saw. It also had hinged compartments so you could still access the outboard electric motor, etc.

Does anybody remember seeing this article and in what publications?

Can't help with the article you want, but, my suggestion is to build
build a suitable bench for the saw, and jointer if you have one. Remove
the legs from the saw and put saw on bench. Cut a hole in top of bench
and attach a 4" rubber roof vent jack for dust collection and make a ply
plate for the back of saw where the belt goes.

Here are some pictures of what I did:

http://tinyurl.com/9me2w3j



--
Jack
Add Life to your Days not Days to your Life.
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In article ,
Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Some while back I read (and saved but can't find) an article about converting
a contractor's table saw (open legs) to a cabinet saw. The aim is to be able
to do dust collection. These were detailed instructions on building a wooden
surround around the body of the saw. It also had hinged compartments so you
could still access the outboard electric motor, etc.

Does anybody remember seeing this article and in what publications?

When I did it, I cut 1/4" ply to fit and bolted it to the legs. Hinged
a bottom for cleanout and installed a port on it.

No plans, no publication. Simple.

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article ,
Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Some while back I read (and saved but can't find) an article about
converting a contractor's table saw (open legs) to a cabinet saw.
The aim is to be able to do dust collection. These were detailed
instructions on building a wooden surround around the body of the
saw. It also had hinged compartments so you could still access the
outboard electric motor, etc.

Does anybody remember seeing this article and in what publications?

When I did it, I cut 1/4" ply to fit and bolted it to the legs. Hinged
a bottom for cleanout and installed a port on it.

No plans, no publication. Simple.

Because it is... simple! Ya did it right Dave. We are overcomplicating
things when we have to ask questions on the most simple of things these
days. What ever happened to try it - reivise it (as necessary), and go on
from there?

Was talking with a guy recently who made a big point about how much was
learned from just trying and doing things. Even if they come out wrong, a
great deal was to be learned from the effort. Today - no such thing. Now
we run to asking rather than trying and learning. And then... we try to
convince ourselves that we are learning from the shortcuts. Just not so...

--

-Mike-


--

-Mike-

On 9/16/2012 9:07 PM, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Some while back I read (and saved but can't find) an article about converting a contractor's table saw (open legs) to a cabinet saw. The aim is to be able to do dust collection. These were detailed instructions on building a wooden surround around the body of the saw. It also had hinged compartments so you could still access the outboard electric motor, etc.

Does anybody remember seeing this article and in what publications?

Thanks

Ivan Vegvary


Most of the woodworking magazines have all covered that ground
several times.

Look at the Wood magazine site as well
as Fine Woodworking and all the rest of the
regular suspects. American Woodworker was formally
a great magazine but that is no longer the case, but
you might get lucky and find a decent article.

Wood magazine did a major article on this very subject several
years ago.

In article , Mike Marlow
wrote:

What ever happened to try it - reivise it (as necessary), and go on
from there?

I encourage my kids to make mistakes. They learn from it.

When I was still management at the newspaper I was pushing for failures
to be part of the annual performance review on the premise that if you
hadn't failed at SOMETHING you really weren't trying.

The owners couldn't wrap their heads around the concept.

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

On 9/17/2012 5:00 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Mike Marlow
wrote:

What ever happened to try it - reivise it (as necessary), and go on
from there?

I encourage my kids to make mistakes. They learn from it.

When I was still management at the newspaper I was pushing for failures
to be part of the annual performance review on the premise that if you
hadn't failed at SOMETHING you really weren't trying.

The owners couldn't wrap their heads around the concept.

Too bad, small minded. I am in a technical field, and that is how you
learn what it can and can't do. Where I went to a financial... they
don't have sandboxes... meaning a system to experiment on. But you are
expected to be perfect all the time... again shortsighted. But typical
management.

tiredofspam wrote:

Too bad, small minded. I am in a technical field, and that is how you
learn what it can and can't do. Where I went to a financial... they
don't have sandboxes... meaning a system to experiment on. But you are
expected to be perfect all the time... again shortsighted. But typical
management.

Great comment and great point! I had forgotten about that term "sandbox".
It used to be a part of our vocabulary and was considered to be a worthwhile
aspect of our development. Think of the advances that have come out of
sandboxes - they are too numerous to list. But that term and that concept
seem to have disappeared. Even I have forgotten the term - as much as it
was a part of my professional life for decades.

Imagine those who have not experienced that term and its value. It's no
wonder that today it is very common to encounter people who look for the
answers without endeavoring to experience the problem and discovering
answers. The very real advantage of the latter is that new answers to old
problems can be created. The very real disadvantage is that with the
former, the asker is limited to the knowledge and the abilities of the
person from whom he gets an answer.

--

-Mike-

Dave Balderstone wrote:

I encourage my kids to make mistakes. They learn from it.
---------------------------------------------
What's the difference between an Oriental and an Occidental?

An Occidental learns from his mistakes.

An Oriental learns from the mistakes of others.

It's less expensive.

Lew

Lew Hodgett wrote:
Dave Balderstone wrote:

I encourage my kids to make mistakes. They learn from it.
---------------------------------------------
What's the difference between an Oriental and an Occidental?

An Occidental learns from his mistakes.

An Oriental learns from the mistakes of others.

It's less expensive.


If one is content with a limited amount of learning.

--

-Mike-

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:27:05 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
What's the difference between an Oriental and an Occidental?
An Occidental learns from his mistakes.
An Oriental learns from the mistakes of others.
It's less expensive.

Certainly in the long run, but I agree with the statement that if
you've never made any mistakes on your own, then you are not trying
hard enough.

In article , tiredofspam
says...

On 9/17/2012 5:00 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Mike Marlow
wrote:

What ever happened to try it - reivise it (as necessary), and go on
from there?

I encourage my kids to make mistakes. They learn from it.

When I was still management at the newspaper I was pushing for failures
to be part of the annual performance review on the premise that if you
hadn't failed at SOMETHING you really weren't trying.

The owners couldn't wrap their heads around the concept.

Too bad, small minded. I am in a technical field, and that is how you
learn what it can and can't do. Where I went to a financial... they
don't have sandboxes... meaning a system to experiment on. But you are
expected to be perfect all the time... again shortsighted. But typical
management.

Typical American management, which is one reason that the Japanese and
Chinese are eating our lunch. They try all kinds of weird stuff--if it
doesn't sell they try something else. Example was Sony and PDAs. The
licensed the Palm Pilot technology, made a line of handhelds based on
that technology that were like the Palm Pilot had died and gone to
heaven, they didn't sell well, Sony dumped the whole line and moved on
to other things. The VCR was a gamble that American business wasn't
willing to take--Ampex could have been making something similar from the
late '60s on, but they couldn't get their heads around the concept that
something cheap and not broadcast-quality would sell to a mass market.

A couple of kids in Hong Kong built a large business just buying weird
stuff in the local stores and selling it online.

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

Typical American management

The people involved are not American, and do not reside or do business
in the USA.

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

In article 180920120832141341%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca,
says...

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

Typical American management

The people involved are not American, and do not reside or do business
in the USA.

So we exported the culture.

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

In article 180920120832141341%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca,
says...

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

Typical American management

The people involved are not American, and do not reside or do business
in the USA.

So we exported the culture.

yeah... How's that working out for you? At least here our governments
aren't drowning in debt.

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

In article 180920121856210790%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca,
says...

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

In article 180920120832141341%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone. ca,
says...

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

Typical American management

The people involved are not American, and do not reside or do business
in the USA.

So we exported the culture.

yeah... How's that working out for you? At least here our governments
aren't drowning in debt.

I didn't say it was working, you idiot.

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

I didn't say it was working, you idiot.

I couldn't remember why I KF'd you, so I turned the filter off. Now I
recall.

Back in the box...

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message
news:180920122058028943%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca...

In article ocal, J.
Clarke wrote:

I didn't say it was working, you idiot.

I couldn't remember why I KF'd you, so I turned the filter off. Now I
recall.

Back in the box...
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