After getting Grizzly Table saw and 14 inc band saw, I had to sort of rearrange my garage/shop some.  Well more than I had planned to.  One of the tools ( my trusted old Sears bench top router table) had to to move to new location to make room for the 14 inch band saw. For pass 9 or 10 months it been sharing a space at the table saw.  Also with having a storage place for 2 extra routers and for bits.  Currently my routers bits are stored at 3 different location in the garage /shop.

I'm thinking of building one similar to Norm on New Yankee work shop to fit between the rails of the table saw and the table top be flush to the table saw top so I could use it as extension table also. So I'm kinda searching for some opinions on this idea which would be greatly appreciated 

Wayne E 

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Wayne E

Wayne, I have a Ridgid table saw at one time and I purchased a Cast Iron Router table top that would work as an extension on my table say. Since it was cast iron I was afraid all the extra weight out there on just the rails would cause a problem or the saw to tip so I build a router table cabinet like the Norm one and just adjusted the dimensions to fit under the top and help support the extra weight. It had the drawers to pull out for the bits and a large drawer at the bottom that I kept two other routers in. This also allowed me to use the fence from the table say for some router functions and I modified one that would slip over my fence and give me dust collection on the top and room for the bit to be recessed without hitting my fence.

It worked great and didn't take up extra floor space which as you know is a premium.

There is a door in the middle with a plexiglass insert so you have access to the router from below. The drawers on the right are small drawers but work well to hold height adjustments and wrenches.

After I got my Delta Unisaw, I moved the cabinet and top out and it now just stands alone. I really miss it being part of the table saw and may one day put it back that way.

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John Moody
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John

Your table is pretty much what I had sort of similar on building.  Not sure in the # of drawers yet.  I'll have sit down and work up some drawings first.

Thanks

Wayne E

John Moody said:

Wayne, I have a Ridgid table saw at one time and I purchased a Cast Iron Router table top that would work as an extension on my table say. Since it was cast iron I was afraid all the extra weight out there on just the rails would cause a problem or the saw to tip so I build a router table cabinet like the Norm one and just adjusted the dimensions to fit under the top and help support the extra weight. It had the drawers to pull out for the bits and a large drawer at the bottom that I kept two other routers in. This also allowed me to use the fence from the table say for some router functions and I modified one that would slip over my fence and give me dust collection on the top and room for the bit to be recessed without hitting my fence.

It worked great and didn't take up extra floor space which as you know is a premium.

There is a door in the middle with a plexiglass insert so you have access to the router from below. The drawers on the right are small drawers but work well to hold height adjustments and wrenches.

After I got my Delta Unisaw, I moved the cabinet and top out and it now just stands alone. I really miss it being part of the table saw and may one day put it back that way.

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John Moody
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A router table set in a table saw as an extension to the saw's table is a good idea. Sure saves some floor space. 

Mine sorta hangs to the right. Due to the weird configuration of the Shopsmith, I can't install a cabinet under the router. So, I use adjustable legs to support the outboard end. A cabinet would be so much more useful. As it is, a separate cabinet houses the bits and other routers and jigs.  

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

The drawers on the left house the bits. The top three are for 1/2" shank bits the forth drawer is for the 1/4" shank bits

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John Moody
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Your dilema is exactly why I have built boxes on wheels.  A box for router, a box for planer, etc.  Each wheeled box is exactly the same height. When I need a bigger table, I just wheel them together.

John, I really like your nifty outfit as well.  Does it use the wheels on the saw?

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21 (Presently on the floor. Using my 6-year old 788 ! ! ! ! !
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'

No Fred, the cabinet for the router just sits under the extension and supports it. I have pretty much everything in the shop where it sits all the time and really have so much in there I couldn't move it very far even it was on wheels.

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John Moody
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John, because of my shop size and location of "things", I have to group my "things" together and when needed, just wheel them out into a larger space in order to use them.  Makes it real handy for me.  Actually got the idea from Wood magazine in an article called "Idea Shop 3".

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
EX-21 (Presently on the floor. Using my 6-year old 788 ! ! ! ! !
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'