Tablesaw Router Wing Retrofit

Your braver than I am Jeff. Will be interesting to see it in action.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Good job Jeff. Time to make smoke.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Quite inventive Jeff. Let us know how it works out.

My recent issue of ShopNotes, (Vol.16, issue 96, pg46) has an interesting article called “Jointing on the Tablesaw”. They made an auxillary fence out of MDF that clamps to the existing fence. The 1st half is plain but the second half (output of the blade side) has a piece of laminate glued on. This acts as an offset jointer table would. The blade is raised into a sacrificial area of the fence cutting just 1/16” on each pass of the project board. I hope you can get an idea of this as I cannot download the article or scan the pics. And I’m all thumbs at this time with Sketch-up. Maybe somebody else can help further. Anyhow, this looks like a doable application for you. Should also work with the router.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

I bet that took a long time, Wow!

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

I love jigs and mods, but this one takes it. Yeow! I did not know you could do that. BTW I have my router table as a wing of the table saw so I can share the fence etc. I like it. I would like to see how it works for you.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

That’s inventive, Jeff. We wait to see how it works. But, I’ll bet it works just fine.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

It made me wince to read the title. LOL. Then I looked at how much it costs to replace the wing on my saw…I’d give it a rip too. Nothing ventured, nothing gained…however, the new wing costs the same as the router wing, so that may change it…my jointer is in the way anyhow. Nice! LOL

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Solid, show us some dust.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Looks like you have some tool making skills rising to the surface,good job.Hey by the way is that a grizzly table saw? I am looking hard at buying a grizzly saw,If thats what you have how do you like it?

Pigpen: Yep, that’s a Grizzly 1023. Love it. If it was stolen today, I’d rebuy. Not a Powermatic, but very reasonable for a non-pro. Had to wire the shop for 220V. They now package it with a router wing for pretty cheap. Under $1000. Wasn’t an option when I got mine 2 years ago. The router wing from Grizzly costs $200 so if you think you’ll want one, get it up front.

Dadoo: I remember that issue and jointing jig. I built one a while back and they work great. I attached it to the T-track on my Aux fence when needed.

I’m working up a plan for an outfeed table with a router insert as well. I have a router plate that needs a home and I figure the table saw outfeed table works as well as any. I’ll have to design a removeable fence, but there’s tons of designs out there for that.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Good execution.

-- Jiri

AFTER USE UPDATE: If anyone’s seen pics of some of the other shop mods I’ve made, they’ll notice this wing has been removed. I think the idea is sound, I just didn’t execute it well. The inserts were a pain to make and weren’t able to be readily changed to accomodate bit sizes. In the end, I have opted for a more traditional shop made router wing. Check my projects for that post, if desired. I’d love to know if anyone has made this idea function well.

-- Jeff, South Carolina