So... finally bit the bullet and got an Incra TS-LS 32 fence for my Ridgid 4512 hybrid saw. Right now I have a small benchtop router table that I'm not really happy with, but my tool budget needs to recuperate a little so building a full-blown router table with all the bells/whistles I want is going to have to wait a while
At first I thought I'd just replace the stamped steel left wing of the TS with a shop-made router table, and drop my existing Bosch 1617 router + plate in it. Then I realized that this saw is (I believe) a left tilt (motor hump on the left side) - the router would be butted right up against the saw motor housing. I'd probably still have nearly as much room from the bit to the edge of the wing as with the current benchtop table... and I could make the wing a little longer even if it sticks out a fuzz beyond the fence rails if it comes right down to it.
Next thought was put the router table in the right side wing - I was planning on replacing the right side stamped steel wing with a table/wing out to the end of the fence anyways - gotta have somewhere to set tools and other stuff Seems that most times when people have a left tilt saw, the default advice is to put the RT in the right side wing. But... I kind of liked the idea of being to easily step around, rather than have to reach over, the RT for some operations. With the RT on the right, and the Incra fence sticking waaay out to the right, and the bulk of the TS top off to the left... seems kind of... awkward. Dunno.
Most recent idea was to put the RT in the right wing, but use the stops on the Incra fence to flip it around and put the fence on the left side - like the directions show for a right-tilt blade - and and be able to use the right end of the TS for a routing station, and most of the length of the Incra positioner would be over the TS body, not hanging out waiting to snag a hip as someone (me) walks by... I think I'd have to move the fence/positioner body down to a secondary stop *anyway* if I used it in the left wing, just wondering what kind of trouble (if any) I'd be borrowing by using it flipped around like that?
Suggestions, recommendations?
TIA,
Monte