But as I said the motor housing / cover sticks out on that side.
Hi Dennis. I just thought I might add some data that could lead to you being able to have your cake and eat it too, so to speak. I like my router table on the left so that the feed direction is the same for TS and RT; jigs are interchangeable, I don't have to walk around or reach over the TS to use the RT, etc.
I had a left side RT extension on my contractor saw, I built a cabinet and attached the whole rig to my first cab saw which had the motor cover on the right. For many years I NEVER fully opened that motor cover and eventually built removeable storage in the area where the cover would swing open. I still opened it only enough to squirt some lube on the screw mechanisms about once a year.
Having learned from this, when I upgraded to a new saw with the motor cover on the left, I still attached the router table cabinet to the saw in the left position. I can get the motor cover open a bit to retrieve dropped items (never happens) or to vacuum/blow out or lubricate mechanisms for routine maintenance but, it is far from wide open ;-)
My point is that the rarity of requiring unfettered access to the motor cover area on a cab saw led me to put my router table where I wanted it for 99.999% of the time. In the event that something happens that requires me to gain that level of access to that area of my saw, removing the router table will be the least of the job. Its been nearly 10 years and three saws and it has not been a problem yet
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P.s. Here's a very old shot of the second saw with this setup from years ago just to give you the general idea of the configuration:
The current saw has the tilt wheel on the right and the cover on the left. You want yours mobile and will be making your own mobile base. This gives you great flexibility since you can make a setup that pleases you and then simply set it all on, or attach it to, the base.