Archive for the 'Shop Fox' Category

A Reasonably Priced And Sized Downdraft Table

Monday, September 24th, 2007
Shop Fox W1734

Most downdraft work tables are huge industrial installations that cost big bucks, but the Shop Fox downdraft table is better suited for a home shop environment. This thing really sucks – and I mean that in the best possible way. Just attach it to your dust collection system — or just a shot vacuum — and it creates a powerful downdraft around your work, keeping your work area dust-free.

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Finds: Adjustable Mobile Bases

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
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If you’re not lucky enough to have a football-stadium-sized shop, then you know — as we do — what it’s like to contend with having more tools than you have space.  In a perfect world you’d havea a place for everything with workflow taken successfully into account, but in reality you’re probably going to have to put things away to use others — even large (and normally stationary) power tools. 

Manufacturers, of course, expect you to leave them put, so they don’t include wheels.  Thankfully, you can add them yourself.

Shop Fox adjustable mobile bases are designed to give users a stable platform upon which to mount machinery and equipment.  They’re adjustable to a variety of base sizes and tool weights.

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