I figured it was about time I contributed to this forum having benefited from many of the ideas posted by members.
I have small ?L? shaped workshop in my barn which is used for many things other than woodworking ? therefore have limited space. I initially suspended by hose/cord from the ceiling but kept moving my MFT ? as a result did a quick & dirty fix to mobilize my MFT and enclosed the pulley system in a boom arm. I also raise the MFT to match the height of the MFT/3 which I prefer.
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The boom arm looks huge but that is because it houses a weight and pulley system to allow my vacuum hose and power cord to be pulled into a totally horizontal position thereby maximizing it?s reach.
The boom arm is made out of 2? PVC and has a 2? trailer hitch ball suspended inside as a weight. The trailer ball is supported by small pulleys located at each bend of the boom arm. It seemed to be about the right weight to allow the hose to be pulled out and then retracted to hold the hose out of the way. Here is a close-up of the boom arm.
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My MFT 1080 is simply mounted on a 1-1/4? piece of plywood trimmed with 2x4?s to accommodate the leg spread and keep and table and CT33 in place on the platform. I used (4) locking swivel casters from Hartville Tool to provide mobility. I find it very stationary in use ? often only locking two of the casters. I wanted to build a cabinet under the MFT but since doing this have higher priorities for the time being.
I use my TS 55 to cut down sheet goods to size w/o removing the saw from my MFT set-up. My cutting table is Josh Finn?s (Fine Woodworking #202) Workbench solution which I adapted by adding a Kreg Fence.
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If necessary I can easily move the MFT closer but often find I don?t need to move it all ? the hose and cord reach fine! Hope this adds from value to the forum?.
I have small ?L? shaped workshop in my barn which is used for many things other than woodworking ? therefore have limited space. I initially suspended by hose/cord from the ceiling but kept moving my MFT ? as a result did a quick & dirty fix to mobilize my MFT and enclosed the pulley system in a boom arm. I also raise the MFT to match the height of the MFT/3 which I prefer.
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The boom arm looks huge but that is because it houses a weight and pulley system to allow my vacuum hose and power cord to be pulled into a totally horizontal position thereby maximizing it?s reach.
The boom arm is made out of 2? PVC and has a 2? trailer hitch ball suspended inside as a weight. The trailer ball is supported by small pulleys located at each bend of the boom arm. It seemed to be about the right weight to allow the hose to be pulled out and then retracted to hold the hose out of the way. Here is a close-up of the boom arm.
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My MFT 1080 is simply mounted on a 1-1/4? piece of plywood trimmed with 2x4?s to accommodate the leg spread and keep and table and CT33 in place on the platform. I used (4) locking swivel casters from Hartville Tool to provide mobility. I find it very stationary in use ? often only locking two of the casters. I wanted to build a cabinet under the MFT but since doing this have higher priorities for the time being.
I use my TS 55 to cut down sheet goods to size w/o removing the saw from my MFT set-up. My cutting table is Josh Finn?s (Fine Woodworking #202) Workbench solution which I adapted by adding a Kreg Fence.
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If necessary I can easily move the MFT closer but often find I don?t need to move it all ? the hose and cord reach fine! Hope this adds from value to the forum?.
