Table Saw Outfeed Table

Nice job! Looks like you have a great set up there. That extension table will really give you lots of support for the saw and the router table.

It looks like you are going to run your miter gage slots clear across the extension table. That is the way it should be done—I made blind slots on one saw and always regretted it. Cleaning them was always a pain. My present saw has the slots all the way across.

-- Paul, Auburn, WA

Thumbs up! Is your saw a Craftsman or a Ridgid?

BTW, the router table is nice!

-- Todd http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid6255915

Nice set-up there. I like the way you closed up the wings, seems it would be more user friendly that way.

-- We are all one decision away from stupid.

Thanks guys. Its a Ridgid that I bought new back in 2000. I have finished the extention table and will add a pic tonight when I get home. I did run the miter slots all the way through, and covered the top with some white formica. I did the router table a few years ago. It is 2 layers of MDF and a peice of 1/4” aluminum. Thought about doing the extention table in aluminum too… til I saw the price…

-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!

Ok, here is the final photo with the formica applied.

-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!

That’s going to make a huge difference .Good job.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Looks great, and more importantly, looks super functional.

-- Todd http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid6255915

Great job, Looks wonderful and very user friendly

-- Norman

Very nice…...

I have the same saw with a Craftsmen nameplate.

I closed my wings in by cementing laminate to the metal and drilling the mounting holes oversize to allow matching the new height.

Did you shift your fence rails to the right?

Did you mount the router table to the fence rails?

Love the way you havevyour DC plumbed under the slab.

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

Nice job, I did the same with running the miter slots straight through. My out feed table is huge since it doubles as a assembly table. You will appreciate it much more when your cutting a 4×8 sheet, when I made my 8’ in wall oven cabinet it was nicer using the tables saw then the circular saw. The only problem is my shop gets messy quick, (that’s entirely my fault), and I start to pile things up on the out feed table. I told my wife gremlins come in when we’re asleep and take all my tools out and put them on the table. She gave me her usual response, “your an idiot! I’m going back in the house.” LOL :)
You can see some of it by looking at my workshop, it’s a bit messy but it’s not me! It’s the gremlins!

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Gremlins…. okay, I wondered. I got them too. They are actually not too bad this time of year, when I am out there almost every day. But over the summer, when I stop shop work- they take over.

I’ve been following the threads about blade guards and riving knives. I was feeling bad for a day or so about not using my guard. Then, I started to remember that I did use it some, before I had a nice outfeed table. But I made the decision, after a bit of thought, that an outfeed table that was always in place was a better safety item than a blade guard that I had to stop and remove frequently.

The “pro-guard” guys don’t talk about that- an outfeed table as a safety item in place of a guard. Different issues, I understand. That outfeed doesn’t stop kickback a bit. But then, I no longer have to walk around the saw after every cut to pick up my work piece. Or- I no longer have to try to grab the wood as it leaves the blade, to keep it off the floor.

-- Dan V. in Indy

Gremlins ! Them little ^%#$**(^&%#$^ there all over the place. I hate the bastards. Drfixit nice out feed table. Now your saws becoming very versatile

-- Denis in Grande Prairie. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mistery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.....Pink !

For SSNVET – The rails that came with my fence extended pass the table top- it had a spreader bar that I removed to insert the router table.







I used the t-slots that the rails had (they are used for mounting the rails to the saw) to mount some metal L brackets. Then used a bolt with a double nut, so that I could adjust the height of the router table.

-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!

Thanks for the extra pics….

Very simple and effective

I’ll just “fetch me an ink pen” and sketch me up some notes :^)

Any logic why you mounted it on the right and not the left hand side?

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

I mounted it there, because the rails stuck out there… mostly, and because of the layout of my shop. If you need further pics or what ever just let me know.

-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!