Fold-up Outfeed Table

Great job thanks for the post.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Paul, This looks great and it is exactly what I have been looking for! I have a SC hybrid and my fence rails are about the same as yours. How did you attach the extension to the rails. Also, what are the dimensions. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-- Rick

I need one of these for my saw also. I will be checking back to see your answer to Rick…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Paul,
Hey, that looks really great! I have the exact same saw and have considered the same thing. Do you have a motor clearance problem with the blade set to 45 degrees??? I seems the motor fan housing would hit.

Tom

-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.

looks great and seems to work great.. nice job

-- making sawdust....

rickf16: the dimensions are custom for the saw. The limiting factors are these: Melamine comes in 48” width (actually, it’s 49”), and rather than eat up a whole sheet to get a table as wide as my saw, I just went with the factory width of the Melamine. The other limiter is that the length of the fold-down table can only be as long as from it’s hinge to the floor. The length of the permanently attached portion can be whatever is convenient for your shop. I made mine 12”.

Tom: I did have a little bit of an issue with the motor casing hitting the table. However, with a little careful planning on where to put the supports underneath and a cut-out from another support, I was able to eliminate the issue.

The other thing is that the typical saw will require a hole in the table to make way for the splitter assembly. However, I use a splitter that fits in the throat plate, so I didn’t need the additional hole.

I’ll replace one of the above pictures with a shot from underneath, and I’ll include a comment on construction. So check back if interested in construction details. I don’t have a picture from that angle yet to post.

-- Paul, Shelbyville, KY; (Ps 145: 1-2)

Paul,

This is a nice upgrade on your saw that adds a lot of functionality to your saw. I will have to favorite this and come back to it when I upgrade my saw.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very nice, I like the concept of having little extra table length, even with it hinged down.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Delta use to make a 50-390 Outfeed Support Table Kit for the Contractor’s saws. The kit consists of brackets and a few bolts, you make your own top. Why they quit makeing the kit is beyond me. I bought one last year and I luv it, wish I would of had it when I bought the saw new in 1995. For me it works especially well because my shop is also my garage and at the end of the day I just simply lift it up and remove it, then remove the motor, and then I wheel the saws backside up against the wall.

Thanks Paul, One more solution to my problem. I’ve been trying to come up with something for fifteen years. I’m getting close now. Mine will have to be smaller because of a lack of space. Can you tell I’m in no hurry?

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

here’s mine made it myself with the fake biesemeyer overhead guard which I made and the biesemeyer fence which I made LOL

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Great post. Thanks for the tip. I often feel limited owning the poor man’s version of a table saw. Nice to see innovation improve shortcomings. Also, I’m jealous of your shop. What a great array of tools.

-- Measure, cut, curse, repeat.

Up above, I just added a shot from underneath, to show some of the construction details. It’s attached to the saw with steel angle bolted to the saw body, with an additional support on the end. Look closely, and you can see the notch in the support to make room for the motor casing when raised to 45 degrees. Also, this shot shows I assembled it with pocket screws and a plywood frame.

-- Paul, Shelbyville, KY; (Ps 145: 1-2)

I found the drawing I used to make this. Here’s the source of the project:
http://sawsndust.com/p-outfeed.htm

-- Paul, Shelbyville, KY; (Ps 145: 1-2)

Where do you get that red link belt that is attached to your table saw motor. whats it called? where do you buy it from?

Here's one source for this belt.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

In-Line Industries is another source for the belt. Their price is $6.00 a foot and sell them in several different lengths.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

I was able to buy mine locally at Motion Industries. You may want to try your local saw sharpening shop, if they don’t carry it, maybe they will know someone intown that does.

Nice outfeed table!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice. I still need to build one, now I have a great plan to copy. Thanks for the post.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

Thanks Paul for sharing your outfeed table design. I have been using an extra table for years but this looks like it would really be the ticket. No extra table to collect junk and take up space in the too small shop. I think I will make one of these as soon as I decide on a new fence system. I have a 30 year old Rockwell contractors saw with the original fence system. I have saved your project as a favorite to come back to.
Thanks again!

-- Vern, Southern CA

This is on my to-do list. Just added this to my favorites. Thanks for the design. A couple more pictures of the small table is attached to the saw would be awesome.

-- All trees have projects inside of them, it is your job to get them out.

My saw has a steel angle/bracket along the back, running the length of the saw. To attach the small table, I drilled holes in the angle/bracket and attached the table with lag bolts and washers. A quick trip to the Home Center produced the perforated steel angle. This, I attached to the legs of the body of the saw with a couple more holes and screws with bolts. The tricky part was to get the angled braces right. I made a cardboard pattern, but even then I had to do quite a bit of tweaking to get the table exactly level with the top of the saw. I’ll try and remember to post some more pictures of how I did it. Also, check out the site where I got this plan from. I gave the link before, but here it is again.

http://sawsndust.com/p-outfeed.htm

-- Paul, Shelbyville, KY; (Ps 145: 1-2)

Good job it will serve you well for years to come.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon