My table is 48” deep. This allows just over half of an 8’ material to rest before I grab it.
I started with an 8’ extension, but that was too long for my shop and I reduced it..
My table is 48” deep. This allows just over half of an 8’ material to rest before I grab it.
I started with an 8’ extension, but that was too long for my shop and I reduced it..
Lee Schierer
USNA '71
Go Navy!
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I have both now. Melamine will scratch through while Formica won't.
Cheap idea..go to a thrift store and get an old desk or table with a Formica top, and cut it up for outfeed tables. I had my dad's original router table made from a Formica sink cutout for years.
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.
On my main table saw I used a solid core door(1-3/4"X3'X6'8") covered with plastic laminate. 20 years at least going strong and flat.
Wipe it with Amour-All occasionally as it doubles as a sorting and glue up table.
"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.”
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."
Henry Ford
I made my folding outfeed table using borg ¾ melamine covered particle board 20 years ago. I am not a heavy user, but it has stood up well.
I built laminate over plywood. Has worked great. Always worry about MDF in Florida with humidity, even though workshop is climate controlled.
- After I ask a stranger if I can pet their dog and they say yes, I like to respond, "I'll keep that in mind" and walk off
- It's above my pay grade. Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I would like to share my tablesaws outfeed . It’s a second saw top. I use the throat plate for the router when needed.
The tablesaw lives at the back of the shop where fans pull sawdust into a never ending pile. My saw might be old but it’s a accurate ripper very quite too.
Good Luck
Last edited by Andrew Hughes; 03-04-2024 at 4:35 PM.
Aj
See if you can find microdot laminate. Supposed to be lower friction. I haven't used it personally but I've read a few good comments about it. I think HD carries it, or used to.
Brian
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher
Lee Schierer
USNA '71
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Really, any wax that doesn't contain silicon will work. I've been using trewax for years.
~mike
happy in my mud hut
40 years ago I bought some 30" x 34" cabinet doors made out of 1" plywood. I bought 50 of these blems for something like $2 each with edging already applied. One of them has made a great outfeed table for my cabinet saw. I have never found it to have too much friction. I think adding Formica or other laminate is overkill, it is an outfeed table.