#1 Outfeed/Multi-Tasking Table

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Comment by Henry Chinn on January 27, 2010 at 1:46pm

Ted - Thanks for getting back to me. I wonder if there is a rule of thumb (or chart, formula, law of physics or whatever) for how much support is needed to prevent or reduce sag (based on the area, thickness, and type of material)? It looked to me like the top in the Wood magazine article was overkill...that maybe half or a third as many "little boxes" would have sufficed. But I seem to recall seeing a chart somewhere that gave some specifics for some common materials like mdf, hard and soft woods, plywoods, etc....or maybe I'm just having a senior moment, lol. Anyway, thanks for sharing your project, and best wishes to you and yours.

Comment by Ted W. Broussard on January 27, 2010 at 10:18am

Henry, I checked out the article in Wood magazine. I also quickly checked my top for flatness with a 48" level. It appears to have maybe a 1/16 to 3/32" sag. However, my table has a center partition that could be shimmed to get the "sag" out. The tortion-box top in the article is designed for flatness.

Comment by Ted W. Broussard on January 26, 2010 at 2:25pm

No, I have not seen the article. I'm going to check the flatness of my top and report back. I may take photos.

Comment by Henry Chinn on January 26, 2010 at 11:36am

First of all, I want to say that I love your idea, and I plan to build something very similar as soon as I have the room for it. This month's Wood magazine (Feb '10) has a very similar assembly table featured on page 68. I still like yours a whole lot more! They make their table a lot more difficult to build with their "torsion-box" top, which I guess helps maintain it's "flatness", or maybe MDF needs more support underneath than I could have imagined. Unfortunately, they did not explain "why?". It seems to me that the two MDF halves glued directly together would make a sufficiently flat top. Has anyone seen this article?

Comment by Ted W. Broussard on January 22, 2010 at 11:42am

Thank you, Bob. I have posted an exploded view of the work table on this site. I am currently working on measured drawings that I expect to post soon. If you can't find the exploded view, let me know.

Comment by Bob Shepard on January 22, 2010 at 9:52am

This is just what I need. Can you provide any more details or tell me where to grt plans? Very nice work Ted!!!

Comment by Ron on January 18, 2010 at 12:41pm

Very nice, great idea.
Cheers

Comment by Hugh Clare on January 13, 2010 at 6:50pm

Suh-weet!!!! This is on tap as my next project. I'm seeing a lot of good ideas here to incorporate. Thanks for sharing. Great job!!!