Thanks for all of your replies.
Good point about better defining the problem?
I want to make an extended table for my bandsaw.? ?I think I will make one very similar to the table defined by Mike:
You can see that Mike adhered his scale to his angle iron.? ?This was my first thought.? ?I want to make my table capable of gaging a part that is 12" long.? ?I went to Harbor Freight yesterday and bought their 16" long scale (this one is carbon steel) using the 30% off coupon.? I purchased 1" angle iron to be the rail for the length gage stop.? ?Luckily, the HF scale is very close to 1" wide, so it will fit nicely.? ?
I've been thinking about this a little more and I think it might be better to use something like a #4 flat head screw to fasten the scale to the angle iron in, say 3 places (ends and middle) rather than adhering the scale.? ?That way, it would be really easy to replace it, if necessary.? I could also probably slot the angle iron little so I can dial in my length measurements.
I got the steel I need to do the job.? ?Now, I just have to start to cut, file, drill, tap, etc.? ?I don't have a milling machine, so a lot of my stuff is done by hand.? ?I think I'll make my table a little longer, the same width, and my length gage/slider movement will be slightly different dimensions.
I really like the work that Mike has done.
