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Bolt PVC Boards to Your Jobsite Table Saw as Infeed and Outfeed Support
Scrap PVC trim boards, rabbeted to sit on the saw's rails and bolted on with wingnuts and big washers, become slick infeed and outfeed wings — a 15-minute build a working carpenter calls his biggest quality-of-life upgrade in years.
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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.
- Mark and cut the PVC boards to span the infeed and outfeed sides.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
Pro tip: PVC is the right material choice here, not just the free one — it's dead flat, slippery enough that stock slides instead of dragging, and it doesn't care about rain in the truck bed. The wingnut mounting matters too: wings that come off in ten seconds actually get used, because the saw still packs down for transport.
Safety note: Anything added to a table saw must be solidly fixed before it's trusted — a support that shifts mid-rip is worse than none. Check that the wings sit flush with (or a hair below) the table surface so stock can't catch an edge, and keep them clear of the blade, fence travel, and guard.
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