Table Saw Work Station

[rnt80]

I finally finished my table saw work station. I've been putting it together a bit at a time for a couple of months. I have a 3650 that I took the leg set off of. I bought the plans for the station from Wood magazine and modified them somewhat. Outside of the fact that it weighs a ton, I love it. I replaced the left wing of the saw with a bench dog cast iron router table. The right side has a homemade table with a Rousseau lift in it. I have four drawers for storage and am planning on putting in a vertical pull out in the vacant space (based on Glen Bradley's design, from SMC forum). The outfeed table is rock solid and really improves my ability to handle sheet goods safely. It is base on the one that Bob D. did. I found the legs for the table on a previous post on the SMC forum. The design is ingenious and they are really stable. I don't have a DC just a shop vac so I bought the Ridgid dust collection system and used that to connect the dust ports between the router table and the table saw. I have one other outlet that I'm going to connect to the shark guard, once I get it. The whole thing is kind of cumbersome but it provides excellent stability and greatly improves my work capacity.

[rnt80]

Just a few more pics. I added a hook at the bottom of the base so that I could pull this thing out into the middle of the garage with a little more ease.

[Bob D.]

Real nice job. I like it. I see you have two router work stations in your setup.

[oldslowchevy]

it is when i see things like this that make me wish i could fab up something like that in diamond plate alum, with a mild steel frame, that would be pricy but would last forever. i want somting like that but my shop is way to humid down here in south west florida

[Gofor]

Kudoes to you for the effort, craftsmanship, and perseverance to do that!! You may want to consider going into the business of making them, 'cause from where I stand, I'll never have the time to do it!! Great job

Go

[res057]

Excellent! Nice work.

[Bob D.]

Originally Posted by oldslowchevy

it is when i see things like this that make me wish i could fab up something like that in diamond plate alum, with a mild steel frame, that would be pricy but would last forever. i want somting like that but my shop is way to humid down here in south west florida

www.8020.net aka "The Industrial Erector Set"

Not cheap but you can use their extruded aluminum and accessories to build many things. They are also on eBay.

[zenophus]

Wow....that is quite awesome! A fine example of woodshop porn! I have been wanting to do something like that for a long time and now I'm making this my Christmas present to myself. As you can see, my battered extension table started out as a router station, but I built a standalone table which works great. and I need a new solution. I already downloaded the plans and can't wait to get started.....

Fine work rnt80....

Zeno

[zenophus]

rnt80,

I see the plans call for MDO. While I have never personally used it it looks like a great product. I have been to the local HD and Lowes and cannot find it. Did you use it in your project? If so, where did you get it?

Thanks Again,
Zeno

[BadgerDave]

rnt80, very nice work. I especially like your outfeed system.