MOTM

Yeah, every now and then I actually get a little time to myself and I think
it would be good to start the cabinets, considering I bought the saw last
April just to make them! (Naturally I gave the wife a different story... at
some point I will have to add a floor to the house or something... can't
remember what I promised...)

But I'm still unsure about those flat rails. Last I heard they were going to
be 12u, but until I have them in my hands, I don't trust that not to change.
I can adjust the width of my cabinet designs if I have to, but once I start
cutting wood I don't want the rails to change! So the modules are gathering
dust until I actually get those babies in my hands. Believe me it's not easy
building modules for a year and a half and not being able to use them!


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	jwbarlow@... [mailto:jwbarlow@...] 
Sent:	Monday, 19 February, 2001 3:30 PM
To:	motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: [motm] Rack Rails


In a message dated 2/19/2001 9:13:35 AM, djthomaswhite@... writes:

>As for my cabinet, how about those flat rails? Seems to have drifted away
>again. I will be using brass wood inserts, but the flat rails would be
>excellent to use instead.

I know what you mean! I have no room for my most recent MOTM modules, they 
lay around much like Ken Tcaks' modules do awaiting some sort of cabinet. 
Again like Ken, I have an almost unused table saw which I bought to help 
construct such a cabinet. 

Of all the designs I've seen or heard about, I have to admit (as humiliating

as it is to do) I like Bradley's the best. I've always preferred that "C" 
shape to a standard straight or sloped cabinet. Maybe he'd be so kind as to 
put up some plans on his hot rod site. I'm also very interested in finding 
out how he was able to get an accurate drilling guide for his wood rails 
which will have inserts. I'd thought about using a standard rack rail as a 
guide, though you'd need to put some spacer in the hole to make up the size 
difference between the larger standard rack screw and the smaller MOTM rack 
screw size.

JB