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Being there is a lot experienced people here, does someone have a way to make an out feed table for sawing? I have a roller stand but would like at wider table, but not he $180 SS one. Could the miter bars be used; like dado a board and attached them with screws then mount into the tracks with the roller stand as support?
Thanks
Danny

Search the forum for outfeed table authored by dusty.

You should find more than you want to read about my outfeed tables.

Thank you, I appreciate the help.
Danny

You might check out the Rigid Portable Work Support. I'm going to fabricate a board to mine and use it as a portable outfeed table. I have a Sawstop set up with the Incra TS LS rails and it will be fairly simple to attach one end of the board supported by the Rigid Work Support to the slot in the Incra rails. Fairly inexpensive but I think for my crowded situation a good solution.

dusty wrote:Search the forum for outfeed table authored by dusty.

You should find more than you want to read about my outfeed tables.

Seems like they are geared towards the 510 and 520 series machines with the extension tubed. Mine is an.old plain 500.
Danny

Danny,

You could build an auxiliary table that sits on top of the main saw table, with rails in the bottom to ride in the miter slots. You could dado in your own miter slots in the auxiliary table top for use with your miter gauge. Make the auxiliary table as long as you need for outfeed support, and build an adjustable-height stand to attach to the outfeed end of the auxiliary table. Power Tool Woodworking For Everyone Revised Edition (4th Edition does not have it) has a plan for building an adjustable stand with roller top. You could tweak the plans slightly to use it as an adjustable-height stand for your table. If you don't have the Revised Edition and want a snapshot of that page, let me know.

You'll lose depth of cut corresponding to the thickness of your auxiliary table, and you'll probably have to ditch the upper saw guard, so keep those things in mind. Takes some work, but depending on materials you have laying around, it could be a near-free solution. Almost makes me want to do it...

Also, even with rails riding the miter gauges, I would still clamp the auxiliary table on, or drill and screw in some key places to the main table, to keep it from shifting on you when feeding in your work.

dannyshamoon wrote:

dusty wrote:Search the forum for outfeed table authored by dusty.

You should find more than you want to read about my outfeed tables.

Seems like they are geared towards the 510 and 520 series machines with the extension tubed. Mine is an.old plain 500.
Danny

Danny, The biggest downside I experience using the SS for much more than a sander (disc), horizontal boring and a lathe is that the TS function is to far off the ground. My simple solution for an out feed table is to make a 4X4 set of four legs with 2X4 connecting rails even with the top of the legs and another set of rails between the legs 6" or so above the floor, install swivel locking heavy duty casters to the bottom of each leg an make the whole thing covered with a piece of 3/4" CDX plywood on top with a finished height of approx 1/2" - 3/4" lower than the TS working height. This way you have a mobile out feed/assembly table.

I use this set up on a standard TS on a mobile base. The casters let you move it easily and you have a huge work surface.

dannyshamoon wrote:

dusty wrote:Search the forum for outfeed table authored by dusty.

You should find more than you want to read about my outfeed tables.

Seems like they are geared towards the 510 and 520 series machines with the extension tubed. Mine is an.old plain 500.
Danny

I am sorry. Yes, they are all geared toward a 510.

reubenjames wrote:Danny,

You could build an auxiliary table that sits on top of the main saw table, with rails in the bottom to ride in the miter slots. You could dado in your own miter slots in the auxiliary table top for use with your miter gauge. Make the auxiliary table as long as you need for outfeed support, and build an adjustable-height stand to attach to the outfeed end of the auxiliary table. Power Tool Woodworking For Everyone Revised Edition (4th Edition does not have it) has a plan for building an adjustable stand with roller top. You could tweak the plans slightly to use it as an adjustable-height stand for your table. If you don't have the Revised Edition and want a snapshot of that page, let me know.

You'll lose depth of cut corresponding to the thickness of your auxiliary table, and you'll probably have to ditch the upper saw guard, so keep those things in mind. Takes some work, but depending on materials you have laying around, it could be a near-free solution. Almost makes me want to do it...

Rueben.... Thanks. That's kind of what I was thinking.
Danny