Re: Support Table Upgrade Kit for the 520
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:42 am
There are ways to extend your tables without adding additional accessories. The simplest for cutting larger panels is to use the floating tables as outfeed tables offset from the main table. Using connector tubes on the outfeed side of the main table, slide on a floating table on either side of the main table, then use a connector with the legs on the far side away from the main table to support the outfeed you have created. I know this has been shown in posts before, but I couldn't find one yet to show a picture.
Another way to use the floating tables which works for narrower stock is with the Infeed/Outfeed Extension Table Brackets P/N 555997 as shown at the link below. It works similar to what Doug Reid was doing in his video. I think it is a sturdier option but does require buying an additional accessory. For me it works very well.
https://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cat ... racket.htm
There is one downside to using the Infeed/Outfeed Extension Table Brackets for Infeed or Outfeed in that it limits the travel of the Miter on the Main Table. The first setup I suggested can use the Miter and would be better suited for that type of function. The Support Table you mentioned in your first post (as shown at the link below) does have slots to the Miter.
https://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cat ... ttable.htm