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RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - handi - 01-18-2018
(01-18-2018, 12:27 PM)photobug Wrote: Well I am sold, I actually had already picked up this setup with the Dado attachment.
I see what you are saying in terms of plowing the dovetail in places to replicate the T-track. The only problem I see with that is you need to have these clamps in order for that to work and at $20 per clamp you would need $80 to clamp your board and then attach a fixture to that board. You could buy 10 feet of track and a lot of 1/4" bolts for many jigs for that same investment.
I had already seen your video it was the impetus for me buying the system. I am still trying to figure out ways to put it to use. A couple thoughts is mounting a tall fence to my table saw, and a t-tracked fence to add a vertical featherboard.
The Dovetail clamps are NOT the end of the story! MicroJig will soon be releasing a set of Dovetail nuts and bolts. These will be 10-32 thread and fit the same Dovetail slot.
I get the objection to buying a bunch of clamps for a clamping table like the one above, but you either need to use t-bolts and build your own clamp system, or buy some sort of clamps that fit the t-track.
Don’t get me wrong. I use Rockler’s t-slot router bit to make t-track slots in my CNC Spoil boards, and I use 1/2” plywood disks with 1/4” t-bolts as my clamps there.
I still have uses for t-slots, but buying t-track for all the jigs and fixtures I make was killing me.
RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - Richard D. - 01-18-2018
(01-16-2018, 12:49 AM)Stwood_ Wrote: That bare t-slot cut in MDF would have to be *deep* before I would trust it to last very long.
With 1-1/8" you can make it as deep as you like and a laminated top makes it really strong. I've made multiple drill press tables and fences and router tables with featherboards and never had a blowout. Not all the tables had laminate, Masonite glued to the top works really well also.
RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - Kansas City Fireslayer - 01-18-2018
Maybe I don’t know what I don’t know but I see a particle board outfeed table with clamps around the perimeter. What am I missing at $500?
RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - photobug - 01-19-2018
(01-18-2018, 11:07 PM)Kansas City Fireslayer Wrote: Maybe I don’t know what I don’t know but I see a particle board outfeed table with clamps around the perimeter. What am I missing at $500?
Start shopping for track and clamps. I am sure it will easily add up to $100s. You could hold off on some accessories to save some money or you could get all of them and maybe spend even more.
RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - BloomingtonMike - 01-19-2018
$200 base, $50 casters?
RE: Rockler T-Track Table Top 1-1/8'' Thick - Halfathumb - 01-21-2018
(01-14-2018, 07:20 AM)Halfathumb Wrote: Who has purchased this? I'm thinking by the time you buy the needed clamps, etc. you're in for around $500
I got several Visa & MC gift cards for Christmas so I ordered to Table Top and only had to pay $25 of my own money. But I bought $100 in hold down clamps that I would have had to buy anyway.
So for $125 I got the table, 4 hold down clamps & 2 auto lock hold down clamps.
Since I'm making my own kitchen cabinets I'm using a lot of pocket screws, etc.