Mention was made in the thread "Fine Woodworking Magazine quality question" about the article "ultimate outfeed table".
I'd thumbed thru the issue at the local Wally Word. I figured at the time the only person it was "ultimate" for was the guy who designed it. If I had a huge shop, MY ultimate outfeed table would be paired with an ultimate infeed table, so I sould lay a full 10 foot sheet of plywood down, cut it, and have it slde onto my ultimate outfeet table. But how many people have a shop that large? The ultimate outfeed table for me at this stage is to have soneone on the end of the saw, who knows what they're doing and hold the end while I feed it thru the saw. At that I would have to move the saw before I could even do that.
Same with an ultimte router table. I made my own router table, and it perfectly fits my needs. But it probably wouldn't fit the needs of most of the people here. It's built onto the side of a shelf, just at the right height for me to sit and use it. No fence, because I don't need one. The router is screwed to a 1/2" plywood table insert, and I have more router, so I can swap out routers, and therefore bits, in dprobably less than a minute, start to finish. A lot of you might like that part of it. The rest of the top is 1/2" plywood too.
I see something labeled "the ultimate" whatever, and I might get an idea or 2 from it, usually not, but never seen anything that is "the ultimate" for me, because it just doesn't fit my needs, or wants. The only "ultimates" in my shop are the ones I have made to suit my needs, to suit my wants, and/or that will fit in my shop in the space available. For those that don't know, my shop is 8'X12", and includes a bench bandsaw, bench drill press, 16" croll saw, bench saw on a tool stand, 36 or 37" wood lathe on a stand, router table, 10" miter saw with my "ultimate" mods, plus various hand power tools, wood storage, 1 stic welder, car differential, possibly a bit of junk, and lots of sawdust. And it's paid for, and mine, all mine. Ah-hahahahaha. Life is basically good.
I'd thumbed thru the issue at the local Wally Word. I figured at the time the only person it was "ultimate" for was the guy who designed it. If I had a huge shop, MY ultimate outfeed table would be paired with an ultimate infeed table, so I sould lay a full 10 foot sheet of plywood down, cut it, and have it slde onto my ultimate outfeet table. But how many people have a shop that large? The ultimate outfeed table for me at this stage is to have soneone on the end of the saw, who knows what they're doing and hold the end while I feed it thru the saw. At that I would have to move the saw before I could even do that.
Same with an ultimte router table. I made my own router table, and it perfectly fits my needs. But it probably wouldn't fit the needs of most of the people here. It's built onto the side of a shelf, just at the right height for me to sit and use it. No fence, because I don't need one. The router is screwed to a 1/2" plywood table insert, and I have more router, so I can swap out routers, and therefore bits, in dprobably less than a minute, start to finish. A lot of you might like that part of it. The rest of the top is 1/2" plywood too.
I see something labeled "the ultimate" whatever, and I might get an idea or 2 from it, usually not, but never seen anything that is "the ultimate" for me, because it just doesn't fit my needs, or wants. The only "ultimates" in my shop are the ones I have made to suit my needs, to suit my wants, and/or that will fit in my shop in the space available. For those that don't know, my shop is 8'X12", and includes a bench bandsaw, bench drill press, 16" croll saw, bench saw on a tool stand, 36 or 37" wood lathe on a stand, router table, 10" miter saw with my "ultimate" mods, plus various hand power tools, wood storage, 1 stic welder, car differential, possibly a bit of junk, and lots of sawdust. And it's paid for, and mine, all mine. Ah-hahahahaha. Life is basically good.
