Delta 34-555 Sliding Table Attachment

List Price: $657.79 Discount Price: $404.99

Features:

• Fits Delta Right Tilt Unisaws, Contractor Saws, and Heavy Duty Shapers
• Easily moves oversized stock, aiding in cutting and shaping operations
• Easy grip feed handle for maximum control
• Glides on 7 ball-bearing rollers for smooth action
• Two-year limited warranty on machines, parts, and accessories

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Customer Reviews:

I finally just took it off... [Posted on 2005-09-02]
I bought a Delta contractor saw about 8 years ago and I bought the sliding table attachment along with it. It was a pretty complicated set up and took me about 2 days to get it set up. At first I loved this thing it worked great. I've found out over the years that this thing won't hold it's settings for very long at all. I'd have to readjust it about once a year. And of course it's complicated enough that I would have to learn how to do it again. It usually took about a day to get it right. I always seemed to ruin something before I would get frustrated enough to tune it up again. I finally just took it off and made a sliding cutoff jig,it only took me 7 years to come to that conclusion. As I sit here writing this I'm wondering it if the vibration from my contractor style saw is the culprit. Maybe it would have held it's settings if it was on a cabinet style saw.

Gave it away [Posted on 2005-12-21]
I'm writing this review about a year and a half after I removed the sliding table from my table saw. I should have written this review at that time. First off I'd like to say that a sliding table makes a table saw nearly twice as useful. Unless its a Delta sliding table. My problems were the following
1) Particle board table was warped
2) Main roller rod had to be replaced.Poor surface coating
3) Your were never really positive of a square fence
4) Very difficult to make sure table surface was square
5) Handle screws were stripped
6) table locking mechanism was sloppy
5) Main support rod takes up a huge amount of floor space
6) Overall design was poor

I recently purchased a Jessem Mast-r-slide and I'm loving it. Its built and designed much better. The Delta model worked, but its just not worth the headache. Delta really needs to update their sliding table and work on their quality assurance. I gave this one away. It wasn't worth selling. I just wish I would have known that before I sunk the cash into it.

save your FINGERS and eliminate those KICKBACKS [Posted on 2005-12-21]
yes, it's true that this is not a PERFECT add-on and yes, it will take you a number of HOURS to assemble and install it on your table saw, but after that you gain perhaps one of the SAFEST ways of crosscutting wide pieces of wood which lead to one of the most FREQUENTLY reported accident - the kickback. if you try pushing the wide end of a piece of wood through the table saw against the rip fence and accidentally push the leading edge into the spinning blade, the wood will fly backwards INCREDIBLY fast and will either hurt you or leave a hole in the wall. at the very least, it will ruin your workpiece. this sliding table attachment minimizes that risk by giving you a horizontal fence to safely guide your work through the blade.

this is the most USEFUL accessory that i have purchased for my table saw. i used it extensively while building a set of kitchen cabinets and it worked like a charm, easily handling perfectly SQUARE panel cuts up to 36". i used the convenient flip-stop to cross cut all my face frame, door and drawer parts and then used it freehand to trim off the horns.

setting it up definitely takes a bit of PATIENCE. first of all, if you are installing it on a non-delta table saw (mine is a powermatic 64) you will most likely need to find the appropriate screws for the mounting rail. these can easily be found my looking under FASTENERS in your yellow pages/book. next, if you don't want to cut off your rails, you can bore new holes in them with a drill press and move them to the right thus extending your rip capacity simultaneously - assuming you have the room! getting all the various settings to align correctly can be frustrating. in the end, i set my sliding table so that the workpiece would project slightly above the surface of the table saw and had the fence set approximately 2" away from the blade so that i could keep the blade guard in place - i HATE exposed rapidly spinning blades which is why i bought this attachment and threw away my miter sled! make sure that you use the FIVE CUT METHOD and a dial caliper (grizzly makes a cheap one that works well) to square up the fence with your blade. yes, you will periodically have to readjust the settings but that's also the case with the more expensive crosscutting apparatuses including the excalibur.

there is simply NO COMPARISON between a crosscutting table and a miter sled. i would HIGHLY recommend getting one even if it's not the one made by delta. the sliding table is always ready to go - no need to haul the sled out, hoist it up on the saw and then DRAG it back and forth (turning the saw off in between cuts like you're supposed to do...) and having to deal with the LIMITED cross cutting width. did i mention that the blade is usually spinning free and unshielded and constantly THREATENING your fingers?

if you would like further reading material, try googling "crosscut sled design guide" for the most definitive comparison of sliding tables and miter sleds.

UPDATE: i have recently sold off my delta sliding table and replaced it with the 60" exaktor sliding table. MUCH BETTER as far as capacity goes and the fence is much easier to re-align. on the delta, i'd have to cut down the plywood sheets prior to finish trimming them. with the exaktor, i can perform dust cuts and FINISH crosscuts without any difficulty apart from lifting the sheet of plywood, melamine or MDF. the only drawback is that it takes up a TREMENDOUS amount of space equivalent to an SUV.

It's OK. You get what you pay for. [Posted on 2006-01-20]
Precision sliding tables run up in the area of $1200. Don't expect the same performance with this one. It's not bad. It's not "great" either.

I've had this slider for about 2 years now. It's works fine, and does what it's supposed to do - But it's a somewhat of a PITA to set, and keep square. The flip-stop is worthless. Removing the miter fence (and pivot point bolt) is a pain when you need to rip sheet material.

You will spend hours setting it up the first time. No argument there. But the real aggravation is keeping it square! I have to re-tune mine every 1-2 months.

FYI: This sliding table is EXACTLY the SAME as the one Grizzly sells for it's right-tilt (1023S) cabinet saws! The ONLY difference is the paint color and logo. http://www.grizzly.com/products/G4227

great buy. [Posted on 2007-03-24]
Well after reading all the reviews I was apprehensive to say the least. I received the big crate within a couple of days. I unpacked it, read the instructions. I started assembly about 7 pm. I was cutting square lumber at 10 pm. this table is really adjustable, I like that. I played with the adjustments the next day for a bit but I am very picky. overall I am very pleased with this product. also, I installed it on the old style Delta Contractor saw. this is the exact saw it was designed to go on. this is probably why it went so easy. the instructions were not bad. again I am so glad I bought this product.

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