Looking for ideas on rolling cabinet for under tablesaw extension wing

[Wes Billups]

I'm in between projects and looking to improve the organization around my tablesaw. My plan is to occupy the under utilized space beneath the extension on the right. I have a 50" fence so there is a good amount of space.

Below are my wants from this project. Let me know if anyone has other suggestions.

• Casters so it is mobile
  Storage for large panel cutting sled
  Blade storage
  Dado blade storage
  Place for push sticks and feather boards
  Location for tenoning jig

I'm thinking drawers for the smaller items and then a large open area for the panel sled. I'd love to see others ideas if you built something similar.

Thanks,
Wes

Should have added that this is the saw so I don't need to worry about the mobile base extending under the extension.
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[Michael Dunn]

I'm on the same page. I need the same thing for my TS. I have an issue of Shop Notes that has something cool. But the dimensions need to be seriously modified. I'll post it tomorrow when I'm back at the shop.

[Ralph Y Thorne]

I'm on my second version doing this. The first used a black Harbor Freight rolling tool cart. It looked like it was made for the saw. I then found an even better cabinet at my local Sears outlet.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

[Paul Wunder]

http://americanwoodworker.com/blogs/...e-cabinet.aspx

Have you seen this from American Woodworker? This link has several plans; scroll down to the table saw cart

[Ralph Boumenot]

Norm did one on the New Yankee Workshop. His was at the height of the saw but I'm sure you could change the dimensions to suit your case. It's up as you tube video.

[Matt Meiser]

How mobile do you need it to be? Move it every time you use it or once in a while?

I built mine to be non-mobile because I didn't want to waste the caster space. I built it to be just under the mounting bolts that attach the fence tube to the angle iron. Then I left the legs off my extension table. A couple shims let the extension rest on the cabinet. When I need to move the saw and engage the wheels, the table raises up off the cabinet then I can just slide the cabinet. This allowed the cabinet to be several inches larger. Mine is all drawers including a blade drawer inspired by the factory Unisaw blade storage.

The storage for my sleds is behind the saw under the extension table. Its real easy to build an extension table for these saws because it can attach right to the angle on the back.

[John Sanford]

How mobile do you need it to be? Move it every time you use it or once in a while?

I built mine to be non-mobile because I didn't want to waste the caster space. I built it to be just under the mounting bolts that attach the fence tube to the angle iron. Then I left the legs off my extension table. A couple shims let the extension rest on the cabinet. When I need to move the saw and engage the wheels, the table raises up off the cabinet then I can just slide the cabinet. This allowed the cabinet to be several inches larger. Mine is all drawers including a blade drawer inspired by the factory Unisaw blade storage.

The storage for my sleds is behind the saw under the extension table. Its real easy to build an extension table for these saws because it can attach right to the angle on the back.

I'm kinda going to go with what Matt's saying here. Unless you move your saw a lot, or you want to be able to pull out and use the TS cart as an assembly table, build it to fill the space, insuring that you don't block the mobility bits of the saw. You could look into using furniture glides/sliders on the bottom of the case to make moving it when needed easier.

[glenn bradley]

I just went with a wide, deep drawered unit. You could leave the toe kick panel off to reach locking casters if that was your druthers.

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I laid out what was to go into the drawers. The tallest item determined the dimensions of my deepest drawer and I moved up, by decreasing size, from there. Wrenches, a square, tilt-box, featherboards, etc. ended up in the shallow top drawer.

[Jay Radke]

Look at the new FWW Tools and Shops issue that just came out. Plenty of options of carts in there.

[Art Mulder]

Wes: drawers. All drawers. No question, IMHO.

As for mobility... looking at that photo of your saw I would make one suggestion: Find a way to ATTACH it to the saw, so that when you move the saw, the cabinet moves too. Save yourself constantly having to move the cabinet out, then move the saw, then move the cabinet back.

[Chris Parks]

When I did it I made a complete rolling base out of steel tube and large casters thinking it was going to be heavy and I would need the large casters to move it. In fact it turned out so heavy the thing was just about unmoveable by a single person and it never went anywhere so the casters and base were a complete waste of time. I have since pulled it apart for other reasons and have all the stuff that was in it sitting on benches waiting for me to come up with another idea. The idea has merit but the cabinet need not move if the saw doesn't.

[Ralph Y Thorne]

Sorry for the delay with the pictures. The saw I have is the ICS, the same as pictured in Wes' post.

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This a rolling tool chest from Harbor Freight. I cut the uprights and drilled new bolt holes so it would roll under the extension of the saw. This cart is currently on sale with a coupon for about $104.00.

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On the back I hung a miter sled.

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This is the second cabinet I found that would fit under the extension. It was at a Sears outlet in the scratch and dent dept. This cabinet has far more storage than the one above. I put it on a Jet rolling base to keep the it low.

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The motor cover is the reason a mobile storage solution is needed for this model saw.

[Ralph Y Thorne]

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In the last post I forgot to add, when the Gladiator cabinet is rolled out, you gain a large area to put "stuff". The "stuff" you normally just lay on the saw and then eventually gets in the way.

[David L Morse]

Drawers front and back, salvaged from a previous TS:
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[Kevin McCluney]

I built a cabinet to replace the support for the 52" fence on my old Delta saw. I bought a piece of granite for the top (which solved the issue I had with the original top warping).
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When I upgraded to a Unisaw I fitted the cabinet with casters. It now sits underneath the Unisaw's extension table and if I need extra benchtop surface I can roll it out (I had to attach "outriggers" for the casters so it would fit).
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As the pitures show I went with two large drawers (with full extension slides) over a single large volume with two doors.