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   _mj_ | Jul 11, 2021 03:57pm | #1

   Recent forum thread has all you need. Run a search.

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   user-7506236 | Jul 11, 2021 05:11pm | #2

   Did a search before I posted. Not finding anything about user experience with the Sawstop sliding table

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   jfsksa | Jul 11, 2021 05:28pm | #3

   Search "sliding table" and there is a 2015 article on a sliding table for a Sawstop, but the thread MJ referred to is not there, at least on the first two pages of results.

   I have found the FW search function to suck pretty bad, at least when it comes to finding discussion threads. I've searched for threads I started, using the exact title of the thread, and the search function can't find them. Ben Strano, any comment on this?

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   _mj_ | Jul 11, 2021 06:49pm | #4

   Here ya go:

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/forum/sawstop-slider

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   user-7506236 | Jul 11, 2021 07:24pm | #5

   Thank You!

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   eddo234 | Jul 12, 2021 10:50am | #6

   I considered getting one, but it takes up too much space for me. A track saw was the answer for cutting sheet goods; infinitely adjustable, depth of cut 2+”, pushing the saw across the sheet vs pushing a whole sheet, and chip-free perfectly straight cuts. I throw a piece of XPS foam on my assembly table and cut away.

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   weymouth2 | Jul 12, 2021 11:36am | #7

   I don't have the space and I don't produce the volume to justify one (SawStop accessory), but I made an infeed support, and that together with stock guides (I got the Jessum Clear Cut) make it much easier to handle unwieldy sheet goods. I also made a panel sled which has been quite useful. I still can't rip a .75 inch 4x8 (I don't have a track saw and just use a circular), but smaller stuff that used to be unwieldy is unwieldy no more.

   It doesn't answer your question, but it might help solve your problem.

   Here's the infeed support thing -- I'm finding this very useful

   https://youtu.be/pp-9-CZes2I

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   raynewman | Jul 12, 2021 12:42pm | #8

   From what gather from the on-line installation manual of the large SawStop sliding table, you cannot to rip full sheets of plyw’d. Page 8 of the manual shows the capacities of the sliding table mounted on the various SawStop saws. If I am reading the chart correctly, 70” is the maximum rip length. See:
   https://www.sawstop.com/images/uploads/manuals/Manual_Large_Sliding_Table.pdf

   I have the smaller sliding table on my ICS and it will not rip a full sheet of plyw'd.

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   user-7829743 | Jul 12, 2021 12:44pm | #9

   I run a production wood shop; we love our SawStop slider. Totally worth the expense. We’re mostly hardwoods though, we don’t cut up a lot of sheet goods.