I would counter sink a grid of holes into your work area and then drill through the centers all the way through and then hammer some t-nuts into the bottom. This will allow you to bolt and unbolt your spoil board without having to screw into your factory provided table. I'm not sure why shopbot makes the bottom part of the table bigger than the actual work area, unless it provides a wider base for the rollers to roll over. You shouldn't have to take the wood off the powerstick in order to do what I am saying. I am sure some other people that have the newer version my have some good ideas as well. Hopefully some of them will chime in. Is what I am saying make sense?