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OUTFEED SUPPORT & STORAGE ,

Blade Storage:

3 Ideas

It doesn't take long to collect a number of table saw blades. Try one or more of these storage options to keep your blades and other accessories organized, and easily accessible.

SHALLOW TRAY MAKES IT EASY TO FIND WHAT YOU'RE ^ LOOKING FOR

LEGS FOLD FLAT AGAINST BOTTOM OF

TRAY FOR EASY V STORAGE

Having solid outfeed support is one sure way to make ripping long boards safer and easier. But there's no reason your outfeed support can't do double duty. The system you see in the drawing below is one way to get both support and storage.

The outfeed platform/storage tray is attached to a pair of long outriggers and a section of black iron pipe. The advantage of this arrangement is that the platform can be positioned anywhere along the back of the saw to suit the task at hand.

Like the extension wing box on the opposite page, you can flip open the worksurface to reveal

a storage area. And you can size the tray to suit your needs. Here again, keeping the tray shallow makes it light enough to detach from the saw and move around easily.

The back legs fold flat against the bottom of the storage tray so that you can easily unhook it from the saw and stow it away for more space. But to tell you the truth, the out-feed support is so handy that once you have it on your saw, you won't want to take it off.

BEVEL FRONT EDGE OF TOP SO WORK-PIECE WONT CATCH

outrigger

SET OUTFEED SO ITS LEVEL WITH OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SAW TABLE

A Dado Case. One side of this portable case holds the chippers. The other side holds the outer blades.

UNDER-CABINET SHELF

A Blade File. Angled sa w kerfs in a U-shaped rack allow you to store a lot of blades in a small space.

NOTE:

BLADE RACK MADE FROM W PLYWOOD

ANGLED NOTCHES LET YOU STORE MORE BLADES IN A SMALL SPACE

A Swing-out Rack. Adding a door to a simple rack more than doubles the space for blades and tools.

The shelf you see in the drawing below started as a straightforward plywood platform mounted between the saw cabinet and the metal stand. I made it to provide a place to keep the miter gauge and blade

wrenches handy when they're not in use. But wouldn't you know it, 1 thought of a couple more improvements.

The first thing I did was add another, smaller shelf to hold the rip fence. Now I don't have to look for a place to set it when crosscut-ting long boards.

The second addition is a small drawer under the left side. Here I can keep push sticks, throat plates, and a few pencils and rules handy and dust free.

The only other thing to take into account for this shelf is to cut a hole in it to allow dust and chips to fall through. &

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OUTER BLADES STORED ON OPPOSITE SIDE