Joshua Bass
07-11-2016, 3:15 PM
First the pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/ERqyc
The Saw
I am fairly new to woodworking and had a Grizzly G0715P saw that I purchased last fall. I had problems with it for 6 months before finally sending it back. It had gotten so bad that I had stopped even trying to make things for a month, and spent 4 weekends trying to align the blade only to find alignment would shift any time I raised or lowered the blade. I had read that this model had this issue a few years ago and Grizzly claimed they had corrected it, but obviously not.
I decided to go all in with a 3HP PCS Sawstop and couldn't be happier. The difference between the Grizzly and Sawstop is ridiculous (in price and quality!). The precision I am getting now is so much better and I am actually having fun cutting wood instead of feeling like I am fighting the machine.
I do not have 240v in the garage (and I am renting, so I couldn't add an outlet), but I did happen to have an unused 240v outlet in the laundry room. So I build an extension box that plugs into the outlet and runs 25 feed into the garage. The box splits the wiring so I have dual 240v outlets and dual 120v outlets.
Outfeed Table
Initially I was going to make a Paulk style bench, but since I didn't need it to be mobile, I wanted something more robust. So I stole and merged various ideas around the internet and added my own engineering into it. I like how it turned out.
I had started building the outfeed table to match the Grizzly so it is a little short compared to the 52" Sawstop.
Top surface:
* 3/4 ply
* 3/4 MDF
* 3/16 hardboard
* 1x4 poplar
The ply and MDF are screwed together in a 6x6" grid. I didn't want to glue so it could be disassembled later, if necessary. The hardboard floats inside of the poplar trim so it can easily be replaced later.
The poplar trim has an additional 3/4 ply backing so the total thickness of the ply/mdf at the table edge is 2.25". This will give me a solid surface to add clamps to later (face clamp/tail clamp).
The frame is all 3/4 ply with a 1/2 ply shelf. I used adjustable feet to level it flush with the saw.
Crosscut Sled
Not much to say here, but this one is far superior to my previous one. I followed William Ng's tutorial and the result is perfect 90 degree cuts. I chose to use MDF as the sled base for stability since I had some warpage problems on my previous plywood sled.
Let me know what you think. I am going to post a Sketchup model of the table once it is complete. This will help me learn the software and hopefully help other out with my outfeed table design.
http://imgur.com/a/ERqyc
The Saw
I am fairly new to woodworking and had a Grizzly G0715P saw that I purchased last fall. I had problems with it for 6 months before finally sending it back. It had gotten so bad that I had stopped even trying to make things for a month, and spent 4 weekends trying to align the blade only to find alignment would shift any time I raised or lowered the blade. I had read that this model had this issue a few years ago and Grizzly claimed they had corrected it, but obviously not.
I decided to go all in with a 3HP PCS Sawstop and couldn't be happier. The difference between the Grizzly and Sawstop is ridiculous (in price and quality!). The precision I am getting now is so much better and I am actually having fun cutting wood instead of feeling like I am fighting the machine.
I do not have 240v in the garage (and I am renting, so I couldn't add an outlet), but I did happen to have an unused 240v outlet in the laundry room. So I build an extension box that plugs into the outlet and runs 25 feed into the garage. The box splits the wiring so I have dual 240v outlets and dual 120v outlets.
Outfeed Table
Initially I was going to make a Paulk style bench, but since I didn't need it to be mobile, I wanted something more robust. So I stole and merged various ideas around the internet and added my own engineering into it. I like how it turned out.
I had started building the outfeed table to match the Grizzly so it is a little short compared to the 52" Sawstop.
Top surface:
* 3/4 ply
* 3/4 MDF
* 3/16 hardboard
* 1x4 poplar
The ply and MDF are screwed together in a 6x6" grid. I didn't want to glue so it could be disassembled later, if necessary. The hardboard floats inside of the poplar trim so it can easily be replaced later.
The poplar trim has an additional 3/4 ply backing so the total thickness of the ply/mdf at the table edge is 2.25". This will give me a solid surface to add clamps to later (face clamp/tail clamp).
The frame is all 3/4 ply with a 1/2 ply shelf. I used adjustable feet to level it flush with the saw.
Crosscut Sled
Not much to say here, but this one is far superior to my previous one. I followed William Ng's tutorial and the result is perfect 90 degree cuts. I chose to use MDF as the sled base for stability since I had some warpage problems on my previous plywood sled.
Let me know what you think. I am going to post a Sketchup model of the table once it is complete. This will help me learn the software and hopefully help other out with my outfeed table design.