Awhile ago I posted some before pics and pics of my Unisaw stripped of its tables, fence rail, and mobile base. Here is the before pic showing the old melamine table and stock Delta mobile base with step caster and rails blocking the opening under the saw:
Here are the after pics:
The first thing I did was to make my own mobile base under the saw cabinet- casters mounted in rectangular steel tube and some leveling feet made from elevator bolts and a piece of angle mounted to the saw's sub-base.
Here is the new right extension table support and mobile base frame clamped up. Heavy steel angle was used for the horizontal table support rails to limit flexing. The leg assembly is made from square steel tubing. The rails are bolted to the Unisaw cast iron table with bolts in the existing holes. Notice the step caster at the bottom of the leg assembly (instead of under the middle of the table like in the original Delta base).
Here is the frame bolted together. I decided to have the support leg assembly (a little rusty in this pic) welded- it cost me only $20 - I don't have a welder.
Here is the leg assembly cleaned up and primed. It was messy but not too difficult to remove the scale and rust with a 3M abrasive wheel mounted in a hand drill.
The primed, painted (except the back rail- I ran out of paint), and reassembled extension table frame.
I got a newer style front Unifence rail (on Ebay?) to replace my battered old rail and installed it in this pic. It installs more easily than the older style rail since it has a bolt head slot in the back of the extrusion so you do not need to drill holes to bolt it to the table.
A Delta-style step caster (from Rockler) is mounted on the leg assembly lower cross bar.
A quarter view. The elevator bolts which level the legs are visible in this pic.
Web frame for new extension table. Unlike my assembly table which had an MDF web, I used oak for this web. I made the top from 1/2" MDF (no bottom skin) and covered it with laminate.
Here is the web for the 36" X 81" outfeed table. My new assembly table really helped out here. :-D:-D
I covered the extension and outfeed tables with laminate and painted the oak edging and legs black.
Another view.
This view shows that I can now put a rolling cabinet (another project) under the extension table since there are no mobile base rails nor step caster in the way.
I also added a knee-kick kill switch to stop the saw. The kick bar is covered with pipe foam insulation and wrapped with some yellow tape. A microswitch is mounted behind the left arm and wired in series with the stop button in the saw's low voltage relay control circuit- a light tap is all that is needed to shut off the saw, yet it doesn't trip unless actually pushed- works great!
I also added a drop down extension to the outfeed table behind the blade area. It is hinged to the main outfeed table and supported by a single leg attached with a spring hinge so it will fold easily. Also visible is my under-floor dust collection and the tablesaw and jointer connections.
Table up:
Table down:
Here are the after pics:
The first thing I did was to make my own mobile base under the saw cabinet- casters mounted in rectangular steel tube and some leveling feet made from elevator bolts and a piece of angle mounted to the saw's sub-base.
Here is the new right extension table support and mobile base frame clamped up. Heavy steel angle was used for the horizontal table support rails to limit flexing. The leg assembly is made from square steel tubing. The rails are bolted to the Unisaw cast iron table with bolts in the existing holes. Notice the step caster at the bottom of the leg assembly (instead of under the middle of the table like in the original Delta base).
Here is the frame bolted together. I decided to have the support leg assembly (a little rusty in this pic) welded- it cost me only $20 - I don't have a welder.
Here is the leg assembly cleaned up and primed. It was messy but not too difficult to remove the scale and rust with a 3M abrasive wheel mounted in a hand drill.
The primed, painted (except the back rail- I ran out of paint), and reassembled extension table frame.
I got a newer style front Unifence rail (on Ebay?) to replace my battered old rail and installed it in this pic. It installs more easily than the older style rail since it has a bolt head slot in the back of the extrusion so you do not need to drill holes to bolt it to the table.
A Delta-style step caster (from Rockler) is mounted on the leg assembly lower cross bar.
A quarter view. The elevator bolts which level the legs are visible in this pic.
Web frame for new extension table. Unlike my assembly table which had an MDF web, I used oak for this web. I made the top from 1/2" MDF (no bottom skin) and covered it with laminate.
Here is the web for the 36" X 81" outfeed table. My new assembly table really helped out here. :-D:-D
Another view.
This view shows that I can now put a rolling cabinet (another project) under the extension table since there are no mobile base rails nor step caster in the way.
I also added a knee-kick kill switch to stop the saw. The kick bar is covered with pipe foam insulation and wrapped with some yellow tape. A microswitch is mounted behind the left arm and wired in series with the stop button in the saw's low voltage relay control circuit- a light tap is all that is needed to shut off the saw, yet it doesn't trip unless actually pushed- works great!
I also added a drop down extension to the outfeed table behind the blade area. It is hinged to the main outfeed table and supported by a single leg attached with a spring hinge so it will fold easily. Also visible is my under-floor dust collection and the tablesaw and jointer connections.
Table up:
Table down:
