Flip up TS outfeed table

[David Ragan]

Would you all mind telling me about your folding outfeed table for your TS?

My shop is small, and I've had in my mind to build one.

The little stands w rollers on top are a hassle to move around.

Everything I've come across seems very pricey or way too involved; Something simple, easy, and cheap would be great.

My SS is on a mobile base. A flip up table that attaches to guiderail would be great.

Best way to anchor? Regrets about drilling into cabinet? Maybe: "Never do what I did."?

Thanks, David

[Tim M Tuttle]

April Wilkerson made one for her SawStop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66UhNaxivo

[Brian Henderson]

I made one for my saw not too long ago. Angle iron bolted to the cabinet, extended miter slots, melamine top. Works great. Of course, stuff gets stacked on top of it so it spends most of the time up, but what else is new?

[glenn bradley]

simple, easy, and cheap

The mantra of the Wal-Mart generation :D. Seriously though, how simple are we talking about here? This looks pretty simple to me and folds up for storage but, my opinion doesn't really matter.

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I would consider what the outfeed will be catching. Sheetgoods call for a different type of support than lumber. If you're not doing a lot of plywood and particleboard I would scale the outfeed down. This would also make it simpler and probably quicker to make.

Anywhere in my shop that has a flat surface generally has storage underneath. I know building drawers onto a carcass leads away from the "simple, easy, and cheap" model but, it sure is more useful.

Jim Becker made a great folding outfeed (http://sawsndust.com/p-outfeed.htm) way back when . . .

[Bruce Page]

I built one for my Unisaw but I’m sure it would fall into the too involved category.;)

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Jim Becker’s design is simple & effective.

[Dave Cullen]

Mine isn't fancy, just plastic laminate over 3/4 ply. It doesn't actually attach to the saw, it just rests on 2 wooden runners that are attached to the underside of the extension wings. Same leg hinges as April's video.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/15018619686_de71597734_z.jpg

[Michelle Rich]

use drawer slides on each side of your tablesaw case. Attach top on the slides and maybe a roller on top of that. When you don't need it, slide it back under the sawtop.

[David Ragan]

One thing that was vexing me was the stability of the runner across the back of the saw, proximal/hinge part.

April's method is great, and doesn't require any drilling through cabinet, or additional bracing-so that's perfect.

I believe (all her stuff) hinges for legs come from Rockler-they were not listed in YouTube description, etc

Bruce's table is excellent-a piece of art. Overkill for me, though.

[Mike Henderson]

I made one some years ago similar to Bruce's. It was attached to the saw and hinged down when not in use. Two legs on hinges pulled out when it was in the raised position and folded up into the table when not in use. It was not very difficult to make and did not take a lot of time make it.

I have more room now and made a permanent outfeed table.

Mike

[David M Peters]

I made a very very simple flip-down outfeed table for my sliding table saw.

http://imgur.com/a/L1jLJ

Thankfully the cast iron top already had some holes tapped into it!

[Keith Pitman]

I made my own last year: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?246852-Folding-Outfeed-Table-for-Sawstop-PCS&highlight=


Also, Sawstop is bringing out their own version later this year: http://www.sawstop.com/new-options

[Doug Garson]

I made this one from Laney Schaughnessy's youtube channel. Big advantage is the table is supported off the saw not the floor. This means you can move the saw with the outfeed table in place, also means you don't need to worry about the floor being level. It's rock solid I can lift the front of my saw by pusing down on the back of the table.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6s3rzF8jg&t=124s

[Ole Anderson]

Here is a recent thread on the subject: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?243670-Plans-for-fold-down-outfeed-table-for-cabinet-saw&highlight=outfeed+table

[Pete Janke]

I built a short extension at the rear of my table saw. It's a plywood table covered with cheap laminate flooring. It's screwed to the runner at the rear of the saw and held up with angled 2x4s screwed into a piece of angle iron screwed to the rear of the cabinet. I then attached an old drafting table to the extension with a piano hinge. The table has folding legs on one end. It works great and also doubles as an assembly table.

[Tom Trees]

Rod Sheridan made a cool one, might be worth looking that up.
I would copy it, but there's two reasons that would foul the design.
The first would be the outfeed fence rail, where the fence has a claw style system for clamping it down on both ends.
And the second obstacle is the mobile base...
If I had made the base design better, the foot lever would be sticking up even more (Maybe this could be modified though)
Problem is axle inside cabinet would be much better closer to the end like it is on the other end, to move easier.
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I have yet to come up with something, I know I've seen saws over there with rails on the outfeed side,
Someone must have made a nice rail hooking outfeed table ....I must get around to it
Food for thought anyway I suppose

Tom

[andy bessette]

April Wilkerson made one for her SawStop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66UhNaxivo

What April did right is to have the table supported by its own legs and not cantilevered off the saw, where the whole machine could tip over if sufficient weight or force were applied.

[scott vroom]

+1 on Jim Becker's table.

[John Cole]

I built an outfeed table the same as April Wilkerson, only i built it 15 years ago! Anyway it worked well, but I found it a pain to put up and down. When I sold that saw it went with it. On my new saw i purchased an HTC roller outfeed table. Yes it was expensive, but i consider it money well spent. If I switched saws again I would go the HTC route again.

[Fred Voorhees]

The mantra of the Wal-Mart generation :D. Seriously though, how simple are we talking about here? This looks pretty simple to me and folds up for storage but, my opinion doesn't really matter.

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I would consider what the outfeed will be catching. Sheetgoods call for a different type of support than lumber. If you're not doing a lot of plywood and particleboard I would scale the outfeed down. This would also make it simpler and probably quicker to make.

Anywhere in my shop that has a flat surface generally has storage underneath. I know building drawers onto a carcass leads away from the "simple, easy, and cheap" model but, it sure is more useful.

Jim Becker made a great folding outfeed (http://sawsndust.com/p-outfeed.htm) way back when . . .

I used Jim Beckers design and have never had a problem. Solid construction.

[David Ragan]

Great ideas.

I thought I had researched this before.

Am leaning toward something cantilever off saw-I have the ICS, super heavy. So am not concerned about tipping.

Along w an uneven floor; the ability to move w table deployed, and not to have to adjust the legs would be great.

So, now, the deal is simplifying the support; let me see if I can find the full "folding support" article in Glenn's post in Shop Notes.

[Ole Anderson]

Great ideas.

I thought I had researched this before.

Am leaning toward something cantilever off saw-I have the ICS, super heavy. So am not concerned about tipping.

Along w an uneven floor; the ability to move w table deployed, and not to have to adjust the legs would be great.

So, now, the deal is simplifying the support; let me see if I can find the full "folding support" article in Glenn's post in Shop Notes.

Can't get a support much simpler than this (like a french cleat, just lift the table up to remove the support arm): I suppose you could put a hinge at each end and in the middle so it stays fixed to the saw. I can put my full 175 pounds of weight at the end of the table and it just barely starts to tip my Grizzly 1023.

[David Ragan]

Can't get a support much simpler than this (like a french cleat, just lift the table up to remove the support arm): I suppose you could put a hinge at each end and in the middle so it stays fixed to the saw. I can put my full 175 pounds of weight at the end of the table and it just barely starts to tip my Grizzly 1023.

This is the exact support I had in mind.

Hinges would be cool, but just the ability to take the support out and hang it on the cabinet is simpler.

Right now, am thinking of a horizontal across the two back mobile base wheel coverings-secure that horizontal, to anchor the support arm on.

Have an aversion to drilling holes in things that I might regret later.