Bolt PVC Boards to Your Jobsite Table Saw as Infeed and Outfeed Support

The Problem

A jobsite table saw's table ends right where a long rip starts to need it. Stock droops on the infeed, dives off the outfeed, and you end up muscling the board level while also feeding it straight — the exact divided attention a table saw punishes.

The Technique

Build support wings from PVC trim board — slick, flat, weatherproof, and probably already in your scrap pile.

1. Mark and cut the PVC boards to span the infeed and outfeed sides.
2. Cut a rabbet along each board so it sits down onto the saw's rail — that shoulder is what gives the wing its rigidity — and notch around anything it would collide with (on this saw, a plastic housing on the infeed side).
3. Drill the mounting holes (counterbore with a spade bit, through-drill at 5/16), and bolt the wings on with wingnuts and big washers, so they come off without tools.
4. Round over the working edges so nothing catches — stock still glides, and you can still hook a tape on the table edge.

About 15 minutes of work; if you're buying the PVC instead of using scrap, call it $30. After plenty of rips, the builder's verdict: the biggest quality-of-life improvement his saw has had in years — supports everything, hinders nothing.