Installing HD2

Mount HD2 Using 3x3 Brackets

Heavy Duty 2 is usually mounted to TigerStop feed tables. If you are not using TigerStop feed tables, you will still find these instructions helpful.

Mount to the table top using brackets

TigerStop 3x3 Brackets can be used to support the HD2 fence beam at the back edge of the tables (Fig. 2), to maximize usable table width. The section view (Fig. 3) shows approximately how this looks. The following instructions describe this method. This is the method described in the following procedures. Standard TigerStop feed tables are 14 7/16" (36.7cm) wide. Extra wide TigerStop feed tables are 28" (71cm) wide. The HD2 pusher arm is 12" (30.5cm) wide. Using the offset method, the pusher arm will not extend past the front edge of the standard feed table. For additional specifications, see Feed Table Facts. An alternative method is to mount HD2 directly to the table top, using the slotted holes provided.

Mounting HD2 to Feed Tables

HD2 Installation Tools

Tools needed to install Heavy Duty 2 are (Fig. 1):

  • Combination square

  • Dead blow mallet

  • Tape measure

  • 9/16" combo wrenches

  • 1/2" combo wrench

  • 1/4" hex wrench

  • 3/16" hex wrench

  • 5/32" hex wrench

Fig. 1

How to mount HD2 using 3x3 brackets

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

To mount HD2 on TigerStop tables, using 3x3 brackets, the machine is bolted down to the back row of slotted holes in the table top, and the middle hole of the bracket. These two slots match the 3" spacing between the two T-slots in the HD2 fence beam (Fig. 4).

  1. Assemble the feed tables and position them.

  2. Bolt the tables to the floor. The protruding tabs on the leg bases should all be facing the rear, because HD2 will be mounted to the back edge of the feed tables. See Assembling a Feed Table for complete instructions.

Fig. 4

  1. Lay down short 2x4's along the length of the table on which HD2 will be mounted, closer to the front edge of the table (Fig. 5).

  2. Lower the HD2 on top of the 2x4's with the front of the machine facing the front edge of the table.

  3. Tilt HD2 forward on the 2x4's so the steel face plate rests on them.

  4. The tool end on an HD2, the tool end is the end of the beam closest to the tool, opposite the far end where the access portals are located of HD2 should be flush with the end of the table closest to the tool.

Fig. 5

  1. Bolt BR3x3 brackets to the rear table flange at both ends of the table (Fig. 6) and to one or more middle positions (Fig. 7), using the 3 holes provided for bolting leg stands. Be sure to bolt the bracket to the table flange through the side with the closely spaced slots, rather than the wide.

  2. Level the brackets using a combination square (Fig. 8)and a dead blow mallet if necessary (Fig. 9). Then, tighten the bolts securely.

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Fig. 9

  1. Remove the end plate from the far end the end of the TigerStop fence beam farthest away from the motor box, opposite of motor end, a physical designation of the TigerStop; on an HD2, the far end is where the access portals are located, opposite the tool end of HD2 (Fig. 10).

  2. Remove the binding plates from the T-slots holding the fence beam pieces together, so there will be no obstacle to inserting the T-bolts and positioning them (Figs. 11, 12, 13). Don't forget to re-insert and tighten down the binding plates after inserting the T-bolts (Fig. 14).

  3. Insert T-bolts into the T-slots (Fig. 15) and align them with the slotted holes in the table top and brackets. Use a combo square to position them accurately (Fig. 16).

  4. Replace the end plate.

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Fig. 16

  1. Remove the 2x4's under the HD2.

  2. Slide the entire length of the HD2 toward the slotted holes in the table, pivoting the machine so the carriage cover clears the table top (Fig. 17).

  3. When the machine is ~1 3/8" (35mm) from the back slot, make sure all the T-bolts are on center, and carefully lower HD2, so it rests on the table top, and all the bolts pass through the slotted holes in the table and the brackets.

  4. Place washers and nuts on the T-bolts passing through the brackets and underneath the table, and hand-tighten.

Fig. 17

  1. With a straight edge, make sure that HD2 is in line with your tool's fence and square to the blade, if it is a saw. Finish tightening down all T-bolts.

  2. Bolt the HD2 amplifier box down to the front of the table in a convenient place (Fig. 18).

Installing HD2 Pusher Arm

Fig. 18