And, like most people, I find this demonstration very impressive! Here’s the saw in its new home:
I dropped a Bench Dog router lift into the extension table and I am also impressed with this device:
It’s built like a tank, makes very precise height adjustments from above the table, and the router collet can be brought up above the table surface as well, making for very convenient bit changes.
I added on a good sized drop-down out-feed table to the saw. This design owes a lot to a post on youtube. I also made a standard table saw cross-cut sled — an indispensable table saw accessory
Here’s the out-feed table set for use. This makes one-man, large panel handling imagineable
And here’s a little detail of the drop-down leg:
Besides offering unmatched safety the SawStop is just a nicely made table saw. I regard it as a healthy step up in quality from the Unisaw that it replaces in my shop. Of course, it offers no more protection than a conventional table saw from kick-backs, but your chances of walking away intact from an encounter with the blade of a SawStop are much improved.
Update: the video version of “Making and Mastering Wood Planes” is at the duplicator’s facility. I’ll receive a review copy latter in the week and if all is good I should have the first copies available for shipment the following week. Everything was going on schedule until we got to the review stage of the post-production process. It’s just very time-consuming to review and tweak over 4-1/2 hours of video!
Until next time!
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Thanks David for posting a pic of your Sawstop with router installed! I would like to do the same exact thing to my SS PCS, and its reassuring to finally come across someone who has done the same thing, cutting a router plate into the factory SS side-extension table! I’ll be dropping in a Jessem Mast-R-Lift, and also I’m going to cut in a miter channel alongside. Great shop space-saver. Thanks again-
Thanks Jason. I have always found this set up very handy and for the way I work, seldom a hindrance. A good mobile base on the table-saw is also a must unless you have lots of shop space, but then, if you do, you’d be better off with a stand alone router table anyhow. good luck!
Dave,Thats a Delta design..they have been selling them for years………
Did you reinforce the bottom of the extension table in any way? I’ve been thinking about adding a router to my extension wing as well and was not sure the torsion box was strong enough.
Thanks in advance!
Ahrey
I did reinforce the table with added struts of 1″ x 3/4″ oak screwed to the bottom of the table and to the sides of the existing pine struts in the area where the router is mounted. So far, so good.
Do you mind posting a few pics of how you reinforced it?
Thx,
A
It’s kind of awkward getting under the saw and photographing it. I just went with what was there already: several 3/4″ x 1-1/2″ battens screwed to the underside. I located the opening between battens and had enough room the screw on a couple of more support battens to both the underside and the adjacent existing batten. it’s been plenty sturdy enough.
Nice setup! I did the same – dropped in a router lift into the stock extension, only to realize after the fact how much the table sags (by about 3/32″ at the middle) in both dimensions – even at the edges!
I have so far noted that the middle 2 stock battens are just screwed on – you can remove them easily to replace them with something beefier (and not made of softwood). I plan to now build a simple torsion box and basically screw the Sawstop extension table to the top of it to true up the stock surface. I do love the glossy black!
Very nice – I am just completing assembly of my new saw and realize I needed the outfeed table. I am fighting a garage floor that is a cone down to the drain – not a flat surface in the room. How did you fasten the table to the rear fence and saw body? I see three holes to fix close to the saw but no others to add a support for the frame that goes out to the hinges.
Can’t wait to get restarted in the shop w/o my wife worrying about the saw. She has wanted this for years and I finally “gave in” to upgrade from my 50 yr old saw.
I used those three holes you mention to attach the short rear extension table and then supported the outer edge of the short extension table with angled legs that come back to the base of the saw. I made that low attachment to the saw base by bolting some angle iron to the base and to the leg. You can see the support legs and base attachment in the second to last picture of that posting
I just recevied my SawStop. How did you mount the blade holder and featherboard to the front?
The featherboard uses two rotational on/off magnets to both attach to the saw when in use and for storage. There is no blade holder mounted..are you mistaking the SawStop emblem (saw blade) for an actual blade?
Thanks for share your tips. I like your SawStop Table Saw. It’s really amazing tools for woodworker. I’ll plan to buy it.
David – Did this end up working out in the long run and did it bow or cup the extension table?
It’s been over 4 years now and the table is holding up straight and true.