Springfield pedestal and fuse box???

[The Quilting Lady]

For those who have the springfield pedestal, how difficult is it to get to the fuse box. We are also putting in the dicor 4 way slider.


Once the pedestal is put in, can the table top or post be removed easily.? I am thinking that you can't.
So do you have to crawl under the table with a flash light to get to the fuse and electronic box?
Nancy

[rbryan4]

Originally Posted by The Quilting Lady

For those who have the springfield pedestal, how difficult is it to get to the fuse box. We are also putting in the dicor 4 way slider.


Once the pedestal is put in, can the table top or post be removed easily.? I am thinking that you can't.
So do you have to crawl under the table with a flash light to get to the fuse and electronic box?
Nancy

Short answer, you can't easily remove the table base or top once installed.

But, the pedestal is more to the center of the floor than the original 2 pole setup, so there's plenty of room to access the fuse panel. I slide the table to one side and rotate it to give myself more room.

[captmath]

I had to take the table down to get the fuse box completely open when I had two pedestals on the 5.0. Now with the Springfield, I don't.

[casejh]

If you search the forum there is detailed info on how to modify the Springfield pedestal for the Dicor slider, complete with photographs. It comes down to cutting some off of two sides of the top plate of the pedestal, drilling four holes in the plate to mount the slider, and you are done ready for ETI to install the pedestal to your trailer floor and your table top to your slider.

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by casejh

If you search the forum there is detailed info on how to modify the Springfield pedestal for the Dicor slider, complete with photographs. It comes down to cutting some off of two sides of the top plate of the pedestal, drilling four holes in the plate to mount the slider, and you are done ready for ETI to install the pedestal to your trailer floor and your table top to your slider.

I have yet to do mine, but will be soon. It is quite easy work. The top plate of the Springfield is aluminum, so will cut with a carbide tipped blade quite easily. I have cut tons (literally) of aluminum with chop saws, table saws, circular saws, band saws. Just feed easy. WD40 makes a great lubricant, stopping the cutting from sticking to the blades.

If you are not comfortable with doing it yourself, you could likely take the two pieces to a metal shop, explain what you need, and they can make the two cuts and drill the four holes for you. If it took 30 minutes for them to do, they were going too slow.