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Something like this would probably work - you'll still need to space the eyelets on the table so that they are equidistant from the center of balance - otherwise, the table will lift from from the lower-weight corner first. Another thought (unrelated to the hoist) - you may want to add some addition...

Comment 1.) Instead of an eyelet, use two or three pulleys to build a hoist that will reduce the effort of rasing and lowering all that plywood. You'll probably need to hoist it from two points, or else its going to twist and rotate all over. Comment 2.) It seems like you are going to spend a lot of...

After doing a little more research, I decided to buy the Incra Miter Express for Shopsmith. More money, but will solve the problem, and give me some additional options (plus more braggin' rights).

Thanks!

Andy

Ummm... so, I saw Rockler had the Miter 1000HD on sale last month... and I looked at my SS 510 miter slot, and said, "Well, that looks like 3/4 of an inch..." Apparently it is more like 23/32nds. Yeah, I know, I should have measured (what was I doing thinking that someting on the SS would ...

George, "In the space of a bicycle" is why I bought mine. I had a nice radial arm saw, a table saw, and a drill press, but I moved from rural Pennsylvania, where I had an oversized 2-car garage and a huge basement shop, to suburban DC, where I barely have enough room to hold all my books, ...