Outfeed Table Size

[John Sanford]

I'm planning on building a outfeed table/cabinet for my Delta Contractor's saw, and was wondering what y'all would suggest for a top size.

[Dewey Torres]

I'm planning on building a outfeed table/cabinet for my Delta Contractor's saw, and was wondering what y'all would suggest for a top size.

You are going to want a full 8' sheet of ply not to tip when you push it safely past the blade. Mine is 44" past the cast iron saw top. Do a tip test on the edge of your bench and factor in the distance needed from the blade so that you can finish a cut and let go of the piece without tipping. Then you got it. Any more and you waste room in your shop.

As for the width it is personal preference really but I would at least make it as wide as the cast iron top.

[Von Bickley]

John,

I have the Delta contractor saw and my out-feed table is 4 ft. wide and 6.5 ft. long. My table is built with 4X4 legs, a 2X6 frame, and two layers of 3/4" plywood for the top. It's very heavy and that what I wanted.

I have receptacles mounted on both sides of the table so that hand tools can be easily plugged in. My out-feed table also serves as an assembly table and was the best shop improvement I ever made.

[David Christopher]

John, my top is 5' X 9' and it si the best thing in my shop

[Ray Schafer]

I agree with Dewey that you want it to extend long enough to not allow a sheet of ply to tip ... so that means at least 48 inches past the back end of the saw blade. For the width, I would make it as wide as you have space for. I would like mine to be the same as the length of my table saw extension, but I need the space for other things, so I made it about 4 feet.

[Mike Langford]

I too agree with Dewey! My table is 42" x 74" and is made of 3/4" laminated MDF on a plywood base.......

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[Tom Veatch]

For table depth, figure the longest rip cut you're likely to make regularly and size the table depth to half that length. For width make it at least as wide as the saw top including wings. If you have the room, make it as wide as the total width of the saw including extension tables.

The idea is to provide support for the longest, widest workpiece you normally encounter. That's probably a 4x8 or 5x5 sheet of ply. My outfeed table is 4' x 4' which allows most rips of a 4x8 sheet to be supported without tipping. Depth is fine, but I wish I'd made it wider. Mike's at 74" looks about right to me. I may consign mine to assembly work and build version 2 more like Mike's.

[Mike Langford]

I designed my table at 42"......From the very back of my fully raised saw blade to the end of my outfeed it measures 48"......from the centerline of the blade (which is when the material is completely cut in two)....It measures about 52" overall.

I wanted to get the maximum effective length without taking up to much valuable space between it and my workbench......If I have to rip a 8' or larger board, I have a three roller adjustable stand to make the transition between the outfeed and the workbench!

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[Danny Thompson]

48" x 48" is a convenient size

[Duncan Horner]

I'm planning on building a outfeed table/cabinet for my Delta Contractor's saw, and was wondering what y'all would suggest for a top size.

Might be a bit beyond what you were looking into, but if I hadn't ordered a new cabinet saw, I was going to remove the legs from my Delta contractor saw, and build a cabinet to set it into, with wheels on the bottom.

The beauty of the contractor saw is that it isn't too heavy. You could make a longer deeper cabinet, big enough to provide outfeed support, that way you'd have one unit to push around, and you could port dust collection into a cavity under the saw itself.

[Carlos Quintero]

John, my top is 5' X 9' and it si the best thing in my shop

David,

What is that 'thing' you have your outfeed table on, the mobile unit?

[Carlos Quintero]

I too agree with Dewey! My table is 42" x 74" and is made of 3/4" laminated MDF on a plywood base.......

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Mike,

Any chance you could post some measurements (materials and their size) and instructions on building your outfeeder table? I am a newbee so I need as much help as I can get. If you could add some pictures, it would be greatly appreciated.