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Vince and Paul - You both really caught my attention with your Incra setups. I have a few questions as I start on my own quest to make such upgrades. First - was there anything special about what you ordered to get your setups to be compatible with SS. I have a Mark V 510 now with the PP upgrade an...

RFGuy, I did some cuts at 45% for french cleats when I first had installed the fence and rails, I removed the rails and fence not to bad but a pain. After using for 6 months or so I thought about cutting the rails down to about 41" on the right side and attach it to the right carriage table onl...

Very interesting solution....so for the 45° cuts, you disconnect the table from the Incra rails. Are you using a miter gauge in the left slot of that table then for the 45° cut? RFGuy, No I do not disconnect the rails from the table. I have two carriages so I took the table off the right carriage a...

Pics of my improvements.

It's been a while since I posted my set up and with all the questions about it I thought I would update you all. I did some table saw work where I needed to tilt the table to 45%. Well taking the rails off and putting them back was not really that hard but it got me to thinking. Since I have two car...

Confession, I am an OCD tool whore who believes that the guy who dies with the most tools wins. So here's what I'm pondering. Why couldn't the Shopsmith rail system be mounted in tandem with the Incra? And the Incra is only real sensitive about left right alignment, it doesn't ride the rails or rel...

RFGuy, No I do not need the stabilizing legs. If you look at the rail cross section you will see that there is a lot of strength in it. If you are concerned they also have a set of legs that could be used off the rails. Yes the second carriage adds a lot of stability and ease of raising and lowering...

[/quote] I have a small shop and only 1 Shopsmith, so it can be a challenge to try to think through all the ins and outs of trying to make everything work. There are compromises that have to be dealt with in trying to make one tool do everything.[/quote] RFGuy, I understand I have a garage wall with...

If you had the extension tables and tubes set up on your mk5 you would have to remove all of them for putting the planer on or using it as a lathe. Same thing with my setup.

Vince

RFGuy,
That is why I have knobs on all the tables. Just take all the knobs off remove the rails and you have a clear path to removing the table tilting it or whatever you would do normally with out all the tables or rails in the way.

Vince