As I mentioned in an earlier post/stealth gloat, I just acquired a 1023s and plan to couple it to my craftsman with a router table in between. To do this, I need the long rails. As I look at the Griz catalog I am wondering why I need their whole kit which comes with legs i won't need and the two pieces of angle iron for the front and back. The actual fence tubing is machined on one side but other than that appears to be standard rectangle tubing. My questions are (1) why do I need their angle iron when I can buy it locally much cheaper and then drill and tap as necessary? and (2) can i actually use local tubing if it proves to be straight down the fence guiding edge?
If any of you bought the saw with the longer rails or added the longer rails to yours, would you please examine them and reply? Thanks folks.