Well i brought the sliding table home last night (oh ya for a whopping $56 if you didn't see my gloat) ...
Ok first thing is first, i have a 1999 PM66 with the plastic motor cover. I don't see how i am going to get 1/8" clearance with the top of the bracket and the top of the saw table... Removing the cover, even if i set the bracket directly on top of the motor (5hp baldor) its barely where it's supposed to be. The cover is flexible, so i could sqeeze it, but don't think i'd be able to get it off for service afterwards without removing the slider.
I though about building a wooden one (see Chris's PM restorations) but even if i used 1/8" ply for the top, it wouldn't solve my issue...
ideas?
thx in advance
-brad
BTW - i intend to use the wing rather than remove it. I would only have to cut the tube, not the rails ad per the instructions, i'm not cutting melamine, etc... but that doesn't really play into my cover issue anyway unless i molded one to take on the shape of the baldor (with the thickest part of the motor's diameter being the fan cover which is well past the mounting bracket)