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I purchased this Rigid TS3650 Contractor Style Table Saw last year, after deciding
to risk my fingers instead of waiting for the Saw Stop contractor saw to come on
the market. I can still count to 10, but thought I'd be safer if I added an
outfeed table to the TS3650. This page shows how to make one adapted to this
specific saw. |
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I noticed when I was assembling the saw that there are four small holes pre-drilled
in the saw housing, just below the table top. These are used for routing the
power cord to the switch box, and depending on whether you mount it on the
right or the left, you might use the holes on one side or the other to anchor
your cable ties. They are just under 1/4" in size. Using a reamer like the one
shown here, I opened the holes up a bit to accommodate a 1/4-20 machine screw. |
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The next thing you will need is a bit of angle iron, steel "L" channel or something similar
I used the material shown at left, available at most big box and hardware stoors in 6 foot
lengths. You will need two lengths about 30" long. There is a small screwhead on the right
side of the case, which I had to accommodate with a clearance hole that I cut into the
steel L channel. Also, the motor tilts with the arbor, and the tail of the right side
will have to be trimmed on the vertical edge only so that the motor clears all the way
to the 45 degree tilt point. |
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After you have cut the steel to length, and made the accommodations for the motor tilt
and for that screwhead on the right side, you can bolt the channel in place with 1/4-20 bolts.
Push the channel right up against the bottom of the cast-iron table. This way you can adjust
the outfeed table down by loosening the wing nuts a bit, or you can adjust it up by adding
a few shim washers as discussed below. |
