Guy Belleman
09-05-2010, 10:13 PM
Another posting fueled some thoughts and questions I have about folding outfeed tables, and so I thought it best to just start another thread.
I have used a couple of the roller extension tables at military base woodshops, they seem easy to put up into place, but get rusty and provide a bumpy ride for some boards. I was cutting some large oak timbers a while back and it did occur to me that they might be heavy enough to tip over my saw if I was using a folding outfeed table rather than roller stands. The roller stands are less than ideal.
All in all, I do want to install a folding outfeed table for use in my small workshop and for most of the work I do. I would like it to have a solid top. Designing it isn't the issue as there are many great ideas available. The issue is finding a source to purchase the nice steel folding support leg that is used in the commercial tables. There seem to be some alternatives mentioned, but not of the same quality.
I made one 8 years ago for another saw that had fold down legs, but the threaded feet had to be adjusted every time to make the table level with the saw top due the irregular surface of the driveway where the saw was rolled out onto. It would seem to quicker have a table with a folding support off the tablesaw that would tend to keep it level all the time.
Seems to me there might be a market for a good commercially sold, wooden, melamine top, folding, tablesaw outfeed table. Is there one? Is there a good source of the folding leg supports?
Thanks in advance.
Guy
I have used a couple of the roller extension tables at military base woodshops, they seem easy to put up into place, but get rusty and provide a bumpy ride for some boards. I was cutting some large oak timbers a while back and it did occur to me that they might be heavy enough to tip over my saw if I was using a folding outfeed table rather than roller stands. The roller stands are less than ideal.
All in all, I do want to install a folding outfeed table for use in my small workshop and for most of the work I do. I would like it to have a solid top. Designing it isn't the issue as there are many great ideas available. The issue is finding a source to purchase the nice steel folding support leg that is used in the commercial tables. There seem to be some alternatives mentioned, but not of the same quality.
I made one 8 years ago for another saw that had fold down legs, but the threaded feet had to be adjusted every time to make the table level with the saw top due the irregular surface of the driveway where the saw was rolled out onto. It would seem to quicker have a table with a folding support off the tablesaw that would tend to keep it level all the time.
Seems to me there might be a market for a good commercially sold, wooden, melamine top, folding, tablesaw outfeed table. Is there one? Is there a good source of the folding leg supports?
Thanks in advance.
Guy