Home Depot has all the pieces you need to put this together in a weekend. Even better, they have a working model onsite that you can use for piece to piece comparisons. Take a camera and snap some pics so you know how your jigsaw puzzle goes back together when you get home. We did the whole kit without the saw (ours is for a router) for a couple hundred, you can probably do it cheaper but we overbuilt for rigidty.
The pipe is 1-1/4" Electrical conduit pipe - grab 2 of the tallest ones they stock. The U-bolt is SS model 56-2046-629 - 1/4 x 2"x3" - that has about 1/4 clearance between the pipe and the U-Bolt on all sides. Over in the hardware section pull out trays you will find 3/4 nylon spacers with an internal opening of 3/8ths inch. Grab a couple of these, a short elbow of the 1-1/4 pipe and the u-bolts and assemble them all on-site to make sure your clearances are good. You can adjust pipe, bolt & spacers to suit how rigid you want this system, this is the rig that works for me.
Do not buy the the spacers at HD - too expensive, look online you can get a whole bag for like 15 bucks. You load about 15 of these spacers onto each U-bolt thus keeping it centered on the pipe. The rolling action of the spacer self clears itself of dust and you adjust the u-bolt tightness as desired.
The saw / router holder is a little difficult to explain - just checkout the one they use at Home Depot while your there. If you need diagrams let me know I'll snap some pics.
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Last edited by Laff Riot; 03-29-2005 at 09:36 PM.
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