Heath Fitts
02-14-2012, 5:07 PM
This is my old Craftsman table saw:
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/Heathicus/workshop%20build/2012-02-12171932-1.jpg
It has come time to build an outfeed table for it. I'd like for it to be attached to the table saw so I can move it as one unit in case I need to move it in front of the shop door for ripping long boards. I'd also like storage under it for storing a crosscut sled, other jigs, blades, etc. My idea is for one side to be connected to the saw somehow, and the other end to have legs with casters on them.
The challenging part is connecting it to the table saw and mating the table edges. The table on the saw extends several inches past the "box" under it. It also has a piece of angle iron on the front and back of the saw for the fence, but only to the right of the blade. The fence rolls over the piece of angle iron on the back and also tightens against it. There is no angle iron to the left of the blade.
There is a bar extending from the back of the saw. (This was where the splitter and blade guard mounted, but I removed it because it was a horrible design that was near impossible to keep aligned with the blade and fighting it seemed to make things more dangerous than not having it. Soon, I will make a ZCI and will incorporate a splitter. I have a healthy fear of the table saw, never stand in line with the blade or the workpiece going through it, always use featherboards, push sticks, push blocks, etc. and never get my hands close to the blade.) I'm thinking about just cutting that bar off to make room for the outfeed table.
There are some slots on the back of the table on the left side of the blade that I can use to attach the outfeed table. But the angle iron that the fence uses prevents me from attaching the tables on the right side unless I do something creative. I also want to replace that tin wing on the right side with a router table. I also need to do something for dust collection directly under the saw.
I'm just curious if anybody has already done something similar regarding an outfeed table for a similar saw and could share some ideas?
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/Heathicus/workshop%20build/2012-02-12171932-1.jpg
It has come time to build an outfeed table for it. I'd like for it to be attached to the table saw so I can move it as one unit in case I need to move it in front of the shop door for ripping long boards. I'd also like storage under it for storing a crosscut sled, other jigs, blades, etc. My idea is for one side to be connected to the saw somehow, and the other end to have legs with casters on them.
The challenging part is connecting it to the table saw and mating the table edges. The table on the saw extends several inches past the "box" under it. It also has a piece of angle iron on the front and back of the saw for the fence, but only to the right of the blade. The fence rolls over the piece of angle iron on the back and also tightens against it. There is no angle iron to the left of the blade.
There is a bar extending from the back of the saw. (This was where the splitter and blade guard mounted, but I removed it because it was a horrible design that was near impossible to keep aligned with the blade and fighting it seemed to make things more dangerous than not having it. Soon, I will make a ZCI and will incorporate a splitter. I have a healthy fear of the table saw, never stand in line with the blade or the workpiece going through it, always use featherboards, push sticks, push blocks, etc. and never get my hands close to the blade.) I'm thinking about just cutting that bar off to make room for the outfeed table.
There are some slots on the back of the table on the left side of the blade that I can use to attach the outfeed table. But the angle iron that the fence uses prevents me from attaching the tables on the right side unless I do something creative. I also want to replace that tin wing on the right side with a router table. I also need to do something for dust collection directly under the saw.
I'm just curious if anybody has already done something similar regarding an outfeed table for a similar saw and could share some ideas?