gee-dub Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I had been meaning to replace my tablesaw outfeed for some time. I was also only partially happy with my assembly surfaces. Add to that a drawer unit I recently sent packing to free up some floor space and I needed a combination solution. I gathered ideas (aren't we always gathering ideas?) from my own needs and experience along with various other folks really great solutions and ended up with a design that I felt would work well for me. I start with a laminated top of 2 layers of 3/4" BB ply. You can see my sled support jig in action here. I use my large sled to square this up. I use a template to cut my slots and dog holes. The template is registered for the next set of dog holes by using the previous set. The slots are for other clamping options. The top section is actually removeabl and wouldn't you know it, the attachment points align with my workbenches dog holes in case I ever need a large elevated surface. This carcass gives me more drawers than I gave up so (read as Bill Murray in Caddy Shack) I got that going for me. Some scrap walnut out of the bin made me some false fronts and I make my own pulls. After using a "temporary" outfeed for a few years I decided to forego the miter bar slots that my previous version had. I set the outfeed 3/8" below the tablesaw surface and the miter bars slide right over. I have not found this difference in height to ever be a problem BUT, I do very little work with sheetgoods; mostly ripping and crosscutting hardwoods. The combination of dog holes and slots along with a dead flat top give me a wide variety of clamping options. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Nice Job. Looks like a versatile table, you should get years of service out of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yeah, that's a pretty slick set up. I'm guessing you ran out of twine and had to go this route? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 11 minutes ago, davewyo said: Yeah, that's a pretty slick set up. I'm guessing you ran out of twine and had to go this route? If I had only seen the twine version sooner . . . apologies to collinb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Awesome! I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Very nice! I would like a little more on your infeed sled, like how you attached. I also may need to steal the no miter slots idea, I want to use my MFT as an outfeed, but didn't want to route miter slots in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, Woodenskye said: Very nice! I would like a little more on your infeed sled, like how you attached. Here's the skinney on that. comes in handy for the taper/straight-line sled too. The little piece of pegboard just happened to be the perfect spacer to match the table height; that was just luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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