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   [email protected] | Jan 05, 2007 05:22am | #1

   Typically the slots in the outfeed table are wider and slightly deeper. 

   If you wanted to have them match up, you would either have to permanently and rigidly mount the outfeed table, or come up with a very precise indexing system so you could get them back in alignment.

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   Omah | Jan 05, 2007 05:29am | #2

   no

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   acarl9 | Jan 05, 2007 06:22am | #3

   Definitely make them wider and deeper. If you cut them with a small tolerance it will work until you accidently bump the table. Next thing you know you are trying to use the miter gauge and it hits the outfeed table.

   Adam

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   zolton | Jan 05, 2007 06:22am | #4

   It's unimportant to have the outfeed table's grooves milled to the same precise tolerances as those on the cast iron saw table. Once the miter gauge or cutoff sled has moved past the blade, it doesn't really matter if there is slop in the grooves or not.  At that point the cut is complete.

   Zolton

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   JohnWW | Jan 05, 2007 11:44pm | #5

   Sorry that you didn't get a timely response at the experts page, but the question wasn't in my column.

   As others have said, the groove in the table should be over size in cross section.  I would also recommend making it fairly long, 24" to 30" to allow room for longer shop made jigs like large cut off sleds.  You should also drill two or three evenly spaced,large diameter, holes in the bottom of the slot to give saw dust someplace to escape.

   John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine

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   TomFerreira | Jan 06, 2007 02:29am | #7

   John,

   Good point! I hadn't thought of the holes for dust extraction.

   Thanks

   TDF

6. 
   nu2woodworking | Jan 06, 2007 12:26am | #6

   Thanks to everyone for your response. They (the responses) confirmed my suspicion.