I was at Lowes today, and was looking at their panel saw -- a gigantic machine designed to handle sheet goods like MDF, which took up remarkably little floor space.
In fact, it reminded me very much of the routers shown here, but tilted up till it was *almost* vertical. It leaned just a little bit -- probably to help the MDF stay put.
The x-axis was just some rollers on which the MDF could slide easily, side to side.
The y-axis was a pair of guide rails with a circular saw attached.
Congratulations -- y'all have corrupted me. Now I'm looking at things like this, and seeing CNC possibilities! ARGH!
Anyway, the basic design seems like it's perfectly adaptable to our little hobby, and it would make a truly large router table practical, even in a small workshop.
Any thoughts? Am I just not seeing the down side to this type of design? It seems to make sense to me.
-- Chuck Knight