Homebrew PCBs

Alan King wrote:


> 
>    Ah, there is the drawback, your lower rails have to be twice as long as what 
> you want to cut with a sliding table.  The distance it can travel is minus the 
> length of the table.  Mine can do 1' x 1' while only being 18" square (for the 
> cutting area part, I have a bigger table with the motor mounted out of the way, 
> it could be closer).  It'd take 30" or so to cut the same with a split table. 
> My machine is pretty small and portable too, thought about hanging it on the 
> wall.  That was it, if you start making a larger table then 2x
> 


   Actually I say this, but if you support the table from only a few inches in 
the middle, it could travel basically as far.  But then it loses the stability 
of having the table supported near the corners.

Alan