Building Boats With A Shopsmith

rlkeeney · Post by **rlkeeney** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:45 am

This was an interesting read: Building Boats With A Shopsmith

tomsalwasser · Post by **tomsalwasser** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:10 am

Excellent, thanks for the link.

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:42 am

Interesting how tilting the outfeed table is accomplished. Seems simple.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:57 am

mountainbreeze wrote:Interesting how tilting the outfeed table is accomplished. Seems simple.

Have you browsed through this forum for information on Outfeed Tables (OFT).

There are several and some of them tilt with the Main Table because they are attached to the rear table rail.

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dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:02 am

A picture of mine.

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shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:23 am

When I saw this thread title my first thought was to add a link to Joel's blog. To my surprise it was about Joel's blog already. :-)
Joel is a member of the forum although I don't recall his pseudonym here.
He's also a friend. I see him every July at the small boat rendezvous at Sucia Island. His blog is a great read.

jbergen · Post by **jbergen** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:50 pm

Hey Paul! Hope to see you again at Sucia this summer!

I've made some changes to my outfeed table since I wrote that blog post. I got tired of having to adjust the outfeed table every time I raised, lowered or tilted my 510 table. My outfeed table is now very similar to the one Dusty has, and recommends. It works much better and now requires no additional adjustments. It's also easier to remove, and rarely needs to be removed.

The changes I made were that I did away with the brackets, bolts and wing nuts and instead, attached some pieces of 1/4" ply to the sides of the table with holes drilled to match my 510's tubes. To attach the table I simply slide a tube through. I rarely remove the outfeed table any more. When not in use I just remove the support leg and let the table hang. I also did away with the old two-piece support leg, hinge, bolt and clip and replaced it with a single fixed length dowel. The lower end of the dowel is slotted for an eye-bolt which goes through a hole drilled in the table upright. A nut on the eye-bolt provides fine adjustment for leveling the table (which only needs to be done once). The upper end of the dowel has a "ball and socket" joint to allow the table to rotate. To make that I rounded over the end of the dowel and it fits into a corresponding hemispherical hole in a wooden block attached to the underside of the table.

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 11:26 pm

Cool out feed table! Thanks for the photos.

shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:42 am

I like the simplicity Joel.
See you at Sucia.
Have you ever considered coming to Montague in May?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:58 am

Gee Dusty! All that earlier brain twisting was not in vain! He got it right! I assume he was 'listening in'!

I reviewed that thread. Joel was not a participant in the 'discussion'.

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