Thread: Mobile outfeed support

If you want cheap and easy then a $20 workmate from bunnies and a few bits of scrap wood. Adjusts to suit any machine.
Regards,
John

orraloon - your pic appears to show a two legged able clamped into a workmate. Have I intrepreted the pic correctly?

Legs are tapered to allow easy height adjustment ?
edit: had a second look and no they're not. Still like it.

Looks a nice simple solution - might steal it.

Simple and robust. Love it!

Those little workmate benches are so cheap I have one as a stand for the thicknesser and another as a base for the grinder. You could not buy wood to make stands at the price they go for. I may go the same way when I get around to the router table.
Regards
John

Hi John, I am in the process of doing a similliar thing, first is an extension for the outfeed of the long bed jointer, one end will attach direct to the outfeed table with the other end supported on some hieght adjustable legs that will fold up when not in use, I'll post some pics if you like.


Pete

Excellent idea on the Workmate! I use a couple Ridgid Fliptop stands, but I may need to pick up a Workmate now.

pjt,
I would like to see what you do with the jointer out feed. I have used a roller stand at the jointer but anything used has to be pretty level with the outfeed bed.
On the thickie a bit higher is the go to avoid snipe.
Regards
John

Thanks everyone,

Do post pics of your solutions.

I find that outfeed support is less of a problem with thicknessing than it is with jointing. Also, because I use a combo machine my jointer beds are not very long. So, extending the outfeed bed with some kind of outfeed support is likely a good idea.

This is my solution to an extension for the jointer, made from reclaimed/recycled matls, only had to buy some c.sunk head bolts and some primer, I'll let the pics do the talking, if anyone has any questions feel free, not that I want to hijack John's thread
frame from shelving.jpgpainted frame.jpglegs.jpghinge.jpgbracket.jpgunderside of bracket attachment.jpgcloseup brack frame.jpglong view.jpg


I was thinking I should be able to use it for a table saw extension as well.


Pete

Good grief! That is magnificent.

Not hijacking at all, pjt. All ideas welcome.

Was thinking about building a similar but smaller beast from timber. Like the way you have connected the outfeed to the bed. Was thinking that I did not need something as sophisticated because I did not need it too often, but this could be one of those things that, once you had it, was in constant use.

Thanks!

That looks very handy and would also do for the table saw. Getting the exact level is not so critical with the table saw. If it supports the weight then it is doing the job. Be useful on the bandsaw also.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by John Samuel

Good grief! That is magnificent.

Not hijacking at all, pjt. All ideas welcome.

Was thinking about building a similar but smaller beast from timber. Like the way you have connected the outfeed to the bed. Was thinking that I did not need something as sophisticated because I did not need it too often, but this could be one of those things that, once you had it, was in constant use.

Thanks!

At one point while welding the steel together I also thought probably only need to do this in timber but I want to use this same design for further work down the track so it was a bit of a test to see how straight the two welded sections would end up, and not too bad as it turns out, I only had to put ~0.5mm shim under the piece of mdf to get it flat.

There have been a number of times where I have wanted something like this, it doesn't take much overhang over the end of the outfeed before the timber wants to lift off the table, in the past I have setup a roller on a stand but found it too unstable, if I am working with largish size pieces and working bymyself it can become a bit heart stopping.

I have set up a temporary support table which worked OK but if I had something purpose built and easy to setup it would get used more often, even for shorter pieces. I can now do 2.9m all fully supported


Pete