Update to previous post (Comments Appreciated)

[NewDIYer]

There was some very good feedback for my previous post. I have completed an outfeed table for my BT3K.

As luck would have it, I found a 16" x 4' wood at HD ($1) and I had a keyboard stand that was bought 8 years ago but not assembled which is making up my outfeed table stand. (I did look into the foldable legs etc but this will work for me I hope). I landed up using hose clamp screwed down on the outfeed table to hold the table onto the keyboard stand The outfeed table and the stand are easily moveable and table easily detachable to be used as a keyboard stand.

Do I need to coat the table with polyu coating? I am posting picture of my saw and the table. As always, any feedback is very much appreciated.

Thanks again for a great forum.

PS - I will build a better outfeed table and stand once I get moving further into my new hobby. List of projects are also piling up!!

[dbhost]

Only thing I can think of here that may be a problem might be some visual trickery...

It looks like your outfeed table is slightly higher than your SMT. You want it to be slightly lower that way material coming off your saw won't run into the edge of the table...

FWIW, I used BLO (Boiled Linseed Oil) and bees wax on my workbench / outfeed table...

What really scares me is that I recognized the keyboard stand right off the bat, and I don't play keys...

[pelligrini]

Looks like that will work. You might want to make the SMT cutout a little bigger. My first cutout on my outfeed table was a nice tight fit, but I found out that aligning it back again when moved was becoming a pain. I oversized it and now just have to quickly eyeball alignment.

You don't have to finish it, but a finish will probably work out better. I used a couple quick coats of water based poly on my outfeed table (hollow core door), and I just wax it when I do my saw top now. Glue doesn't stick during assemblies if I'm using it and most importantly of all material slides easily across.

You might slightly chamfer all the edges that face the saw too. It will help to prevent material hangups.

[NewDIYer]

Further info..

Thanks for the info thus far.

The outfeed table is about 1/8" lower than the saw. I will chamfer the corner as recommended as well.

The SMT cutout is not too tight and I can easily move the table in place without facing any hang-up.

[pelligrini]

The SMT cutout is not too tight and I can easily move the table in place without facing any hang-up.

My first cutout was pretty tight. If I had the table just a 1/4 off the SMT would bind. I also remove my SMT a lot, and getting it back in just the right place was a pain too. If yours works for you, then that's all you need.

[chopnhack]

Looks good! If you coat it with anything, make sure you coat the underside as well otherwise your plywood might potato chip on you :-)

[dbhost]

Glad to know it was just an optical illusion... Looks like a good solution!

[toolguy1000]

some users make the outfeed tables 1/8" lower adn apply a sacrificial surface, like masonite, with double sided tape. when the sacrificial to gets all worn out, peal it off and apply another one.