Jason Hanko
07-31-2009, 11:51 PM
After finishing the mobile base (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=115811) for my new (to me) Grizzly G1023 TS, my next project was a replacement for the LOML... and by THAT I mean an outfeed table so she can stop catching long cutoffs...:D:D:D
I got the plans for this one in the Feb 2009 issue of Woodworkers Journal - I really like that the support leg rests on the side of the table saw (or per my modification, on the mobile base) so that the saw is still mobile even with the table in the upright position. I also really like the fold-down design so I can get it out of the way when not needed. On to the pictures:
Sure is pretty. Top is made from two pieces of 3/4'' Maple Faced MDF Core ply laminated together and edged with some of the reclaimed pine I got cheap (picked up a bunch of 12/4 by 8'' wide beams from an OOOOLLD barn).
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable.jpg
Another view. The mounting plate is bolted to the back rail with lag screws, and also made from the pine. I finished everything with 3 coats of poly, and about 10 coats of paste wax.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable4.jpg
My TS looks like an aircraft carrier now... the outfeed table is 40'' wide by ~30'' deep/long.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable1.jpg
Heres the support leg. Its basically a giant sliding dovetail - the bottom of the leg just sits on a cleat that I glued/screwed to the side of my mobile base. Note also my shop helper in the background heading to shovel the sawdust out from the TS cabinet...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable2.jpg
The support leg pivots there at the top. The bottom barrel bolt holds the leg to the bottom of the table so its not swinging around as you try to lower it. The larger barrel bolt mounted onto the sliding extension piece is what actually holds the table up. Here the sliding extension is shown retracted for when you flip the table down - for the upright position I just slide it down to engage in the receiver piece lower down.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable6.jpg
And here it is folded down.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable5.jpg
Side view - everything folds away nicely.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable8.jpg
And heres my son Ben, showing proper technique for changing the blade height. As you can tell from his cleanliness here, this picture was taken before his aformentioned cleaning up of sawdust.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/Outfeedtable19.jpg
And thats all - thanks for looking, and sorry to those of you with dialup. :o
I got the plans for this one in the Feb 2009 issue of Woodworkers Journal - I really like that the support leg rests on the side of the table saw (or per my modification, on the mobile base) so that the saw is still mobile even with the table in the upright position. I also really like the fold-down design so I can get it out of the way when not needed. On to the pictures:
Sure is pretty. Top is made from two pieces of 3/4'' Maple Faced MDF Core ply laminated together and edged with some of the reclaimed pine I got cheap (picked up a bunch of 12/4 by 8'' wide beams from an OOOOLLD barn).
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable.jpg
Another view. The mounting plate is bolted to the back rail with lag screws, and also made from the pine. I finished everything with 3 coats of poly, and about 10 coats of paste wax.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable4.jpg
My TS looks like an aircraft carrier now... the outfeed table is 40'' wide by ~30'' deep/long.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable1.jpg
Heres the support leg. Its basically a giant sliding dovetail - the bottom of the leg just sits on a cleat that I glued/screwed to the side of my mobile base. Note also my shop helper in the background heading to shovel the sawdust out from the TS cabinet...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable2.jpg
The support leg pivots there at the top. The bottom barrel bolt holds the leg to the bottom of the table so its not swinging around as you try to lower it. The larger barrel bolt mounted onto the sliding extension piece is what actually holds the table up. Here the sliding extension is shown retracted for when you flip the table down - for the upright position I just slide it down to engage in the receiver piece lower down.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable6.jpg
And here it is folded down.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable5.jpg
Side view - everything folds away nicely.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/TSOutfeedTable8.jpg
And heres my son Ben, showing proper technique for changing the blade height. As you can tell from his cleanliness here, this picture was taken before his aformentioned cleaning up of sawdust.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/uwbandman/Outfeedtable19.jpg
And thats all - thanks for looking, and sorry to those of you with dialup. :o