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Hey Jim,

I don’t know if you really got what I meant.

First this has already been discussed before, when people wondered that there is no method provided for attaching the QCW frame to a tabletop. Finally Dale who was the first participant to the topic who had the Any Surface Leveling System ordered together with the QCW Frame reported that the threaded inserts that could be used for using bolts from below to attach it to a table top (and which normally would be used to hold the leveling feet) are part of the Any Surface Leveling System, and not of QCW Frame (and have to be ordered separately, which I recommend frequently in this forum):

@dalescott1961

I have the Any Leveling Feet, they come with a 3D printed Plug for the large hole (see red circled area below) that has a threaded insert molded into it that the leveling feet screw into. There is a clearance hole in the bottom of the QCW that lines up with the threaded insert.

. When I get home I will post a picture of what comes with the kit.

@JimHatch

The leveling feet were not included with my QCW and I believe they are an add-on

yes, this one: Any Surface Leveling System

And what Dale above mentioned but did not make a photo of, is the same part that I mean that I neither made a photo of, so we remain in the dark… erm, the parts I mean and that Dale means too are delivered only with Any Surface Leveling System, not with QCW Frame.

And what I meant to use for attaching to a table top with bolts from below is not the leveling feet but the parts with the molded thread inserts described above, which you slid into the QCW tubes at each end.

@JimHatch

That’s an issue with my table because I have a torsion box and would need to remove one skin.

I don’t think so. As for driving a bolt through a torsion box, it is clear that the bolt has to be fixed to the upper layer, but from the underside. To achieve this, you could make a servicing hole on the underside without affecting torsion box stability to access the bolts with which you would attach the QCW Frame to upper layer. The hole would just need to have the diameter of your hex bolt head. For boring such a service hole I would recommend these nice and ingenious Star-M Depth stops :

The plastic cap rotates freely and stops rotating when you reach desired depth. I use a set of them, from 3 mm (=approx. 1/8″) drill diameter upwards. Picture shows ⌀ 15 mm drill (=approx 19/32″). Available here or here

@JimHatch

Even if I had a fixed table vs my rolling tilting one, I’d not want to use the Any Surface feet - unattached to the table would seen to be prone to it walking when used, no matter how much the rubber portion of the feet grip.

I share your opinion that I would always attach such a machine to the table. But in fact it seems that the easy way to do this with QCW Frame is if you order the Any Surface Leveling System together with QCW Frame and not use the leveling feet, but use the parts with the threads you acquired this way