Popular Post drzaius Posted April 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 I had a request from @Mark K for more info & pics on the outfeed table I made for my table saw, so I thought I'd post it here for anyone who's interested. But firstly, please excuse the state of my shop. We are painting the interior of the house right now & the shop is the designated dumping ground/staging area. There are 2 sections, one for the saw, the other for the router table. Overall thickness is 2-3/8". When extended, I have 42" from the back of the blade, which is ample for most of what I do. If more is needed, I have an 18" auxiliary section that hooks onto the main outfeed. With just the main outfeed, I can put my full weight (about 200 lbs) on it with no danger of tipping. With the auxiliary added, there would be that danger, so there are 2 legs to support the far end of it. The tables are torsion boxes built of 12mm (1/2") Baltic birch with plastic laminate top & bottom. Extremely strong & rigid. If I built it again, I'd use 6mm & save a bunch of weight & a little money. There is a swing-away bracket that supports the main table & a pivoting block to hold up the router extension with the saw extension. Even with the whole thing supported by just the one bracket, it's very sturdy. The plywood box under the left extension table holds all my blades, brakes & saw specific tools. Attached to the right hand side of the router table cabinet is a plenum/damper that directs dust collection to either the saw or the router compartment. That's a 6" flex that runs from the outlet at the wall. The router fence & table saw guard are connected to an overhead duct by a short length of 2-1/2" flex. Dust collection for both is excellent. It was important for me to have the outfeed supported solely from the saw because the floor is not perfectly flat & the saw gets moved around a lot. I didn't want to have to mess around with height adjustments to get things lined up every time the saw was relocated. The saw & outfeed are frequently used as an assembly table, so I took care to make everything coplanar. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Wow, nice setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 That is a great looking set up. Messy shop though? I don't think it looks all that bad. I know what it's like though when stuff invades your shop, happened to me last week, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, Chestnut said: That is a great looking set up. Messy shop though? I don't think it looks all that bad. I know what it's like though when stuff invades your shop, happened to me last week, You can't see the worst of it. Mostly painting stuff and misc. Closet contents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 That's a pretty slick setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 First class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Thanks for the nice comments guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Steve Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 That looks really nice. How heavy is it to lift up into place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Minnesota Steve said: That looks really nice. How heavy is it to lift up into place? Not bad, easy with one hand to lift & the other to swing the bracket in place. But as I mentioned earlier, it could have been much lighter & still plenty strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great job, drzaius! I'm going to copy your design. Thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave's Not Here Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Nicely done there sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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