Table saw storage or hidden ideas?

[QwikKotaTx]

I have had one of these awful Craftsman saws for over 10 years now and it takes up a lot of space in my small garage. I rarely use it due to clamp on guides for a circ saw but am on the fence about selling it. I currently have the plan to make an area in a shelving unit I'm building for it but again, it takes up so much wasted space. If I keep it I will definitely put it on casters but if someone has an idea that would help store it out of the way that would be appreciated. I am not opposed to taking the bottom stand part off as it's flimsy and takes up plenty of volume. I already have a permanent workbench so don't want to build another one with the saw built in.

 

[dirtrider88]

Flip top tool stand/work bench

 

[ford33]

I have almost replaced my table saw with a track saw. I say almost because I am reluctant to part with the table saw. I haven't used my table saw in 3 years and it takes up space I could use for something else. The track saw does everything I need to do. My nice router table cuts my dado's better than the table saw. I just need to make that decision and part with it.

You may wish to sell it now and see if you can get by without it. If you do need it in the future, you can buy a Dewalt contractor saw for less than $300 and it would be a nice new saw.

After writing this, I am going to donate the table saw to Good Will. I'll feel better afterwards, get a tax benefit and it will be less hassle than Craigslist.

 

[QwikKotaTx]

I have almost replaced my table saw with a track saw. I say almost because I am reluctant to part with the table saw. I haven't used my table saw in 3 years and it takes up space I could use for something else. The track saw does everything I need to do. My nice router table cuts my dado's better than the table saw. I just need to make that decision and part with it.

You may wish to sell it now and see if you can get by without it. If you do need it in the future, you can buy a Dewalt contractor saw for less than $300 and it would be a nice new saw.

After writing this, I am going to donate the table saw to Good Will. I'll feel better afterwards, get a tax benefit and it will be less hassle than Craigslist.

I have a really nice 3.25 horse Milwaukee router and good router table top I want to mount to a plywood cabinet. I'm not sure if it would get used a lot but if there were a way to integrate the table saw into that setup it would be ideal. Otherwise, yeah, might sell it. I am able to afford a better saw these days so if I do need one I can get a better (more compact folding etc.) saw. It's not worth more than $50 but the space is precious.

 

[nadogail]

My 12" is on casters, I just push it under a wall mounted cabinet.

I am sure that when I stop using it it will be considered junk and scrapped.

 

[Lynden]

My brother has a Makita 2708 8" table saw (no stand). He hangs the saw on the wall (top flat against the wall).

 

[QwikKotaTx]

My brother has a Makita 2708 8" table saw (no stand). He hangs the saw on the wall (top flat against the wall).

I had thought about that. I'm not sure of the weight but would definitely need some solid mounting on studs. The base is coming off for sure if I don't sell it. I would like to get back in to woodworking but it's so humid here wood warps quickly.

 

[acer66]

Do you have an assembly table you could incorporate it in like this?

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[bdbecker]

I've been contemplating this issue with my saw as well. I don't want to get rid of it because its handy when I need it, but I hardly ever use it and it takes up quite a bit of space. I'm rolling around ideas on how to make a cart for it with flip up sides so I can handle sheet goods more easily, and also serve double duty as a miter saw stand with storage below. Still in the planning stages, hopefully I'll come up with something.

 

[u2slow]

I have a few table saws....

One has become a side-table for the beer fridge in the carport. One is a rolling desk with a computer on top (old piece of countertop fits on it nicely). My miter saw lives on top of the 3rd.

That particular saw... I would ditch the legs and build a base cabinet on wheels that it can sit on. Then you have storage underneath, and reduce the footprint a little.

 

[couch67]

I recently built a miter saw bench that is open on the bottom, leaving space to roll in my TS/Router table, and jointer.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437619

Sounds like you are really tight for space to give up a wall but maybe it will give you some ideas.

 

[matt_i]

If you had the headroom to get away with it, something like a kayak lifter would be good to pull it up close to the ceiling. If the stand isn't part of the powertrain it could be unbolted and inverted within reason (or attached to a separate lighter duty parallel lifter) to save some more space.

 

[AldeanFan]

I have a similar saw, threw the base away and bought a folding base, the base and saw fit under my bench.



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[James-W]

I would be lost without a table saw. I use it more than any other saw I own and I own several different saws. My table saw is my "go-to" saw whenever I need large flat pieces of wood cut. If I just need to cut off a 2X4 or something like that, I use a miter saw. If I need to cut an inch off the entire side of a 1X6 the table is just the right tool.

 

[MushCreek]

My Ridgid saw with extensions takes up a ot of real estate. It's on a rolling base, but still has to go somewhere. I use it too much to want to part with it. I'm thinking about making a hoist and lifting it up to the ceiling. I have 12' headroom, though.

 

[gunguy]

Maybe make or build something like this?

https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-...rage-cabinet-1-drawer-with-casters-64404.html

Mobile so it can be pushed into a corner when not in use and storage for blades and other saw specific accessories and tools. Just make sure it has locking casters.

Jim

 

[yatg]

After writing this, I am going to donate the table saw to Good Will. I'll feel better afterwards, get a tax benefit and it will be less hassle than Craigslist.

Only if you itemize your deductions on Schedule A.

 

[Prospecter]

If I am breaking down long lumber, I use my CMS. For breaking down sheet goods, I usually use a circular saw and guide, which avoids managing unwieldy pieces while the blade is moving. This effectively means my TS seldom sees pieces bigger than 3'x4', and usually much smaller.

So I still like my TS, but don't need nearly as big an outfeed table as I used to. I made my assembly table the same height as the TS so I can use it as an outfeed table.

I have an RAS for dados. Kind of overkill, but it works better for crosscuts than my TS, and RASs are very inexpensive on CL.

 

[Lynden]

I'm not sure of the weight but would definitely need some solid mounting on studs. The base is coming off for sure if I don't sell it.

Your saw probably weighs 35 to 45 pounds without the stand. To hang it on the wall make two L-shaped (cross section) wooden supports as long as your saw's table is deep. Make the top support a little deeper than the bottom support. To hang the saw slide the side of the table up under the top support and then let the saw slide down onto the bottom support.

 

[Kaizen]

If that saw is plastic take the stand away and store the saw. I have one. Only craftsman thing I still own I think. Must be almost 20 years that thing has been taking my abuse. Great for job site saw. Mine has an arbor long enough to take a dado stack up to half inch. New comparable saws do not


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[QwikKotaTx]

Yes, the base of the main saw assembly is just plastic and the top is aluminum. Definitely not a family heirloom. Going to throw it up on Craigslist for $75 and see if I get any takers. Any less and I may just keep it.

 

[niget2002]

I got rid of my little saw like that a long time ago. I found it borderline useless as a TS in every since of the word. Too small to rip sheets of plywood. Not strong enough to resize 2 by material.

When I was using it, I had it mounted on a base with wheels. I'd just roll it under a shelf when I wasn't using it. The base had doors on it so I could use the space for storing other tools. I tried to incorporate dust collection into the base, but discovered my shop vac didn't have enough suction to keep the dust pulled through the base.

If you do mount it on a base, make sure it's easy to get under. Anytime something fell through the saw slot, it was a PITA for me to get it out of the base I made.

 

[BuffettFan]

You mentioned that you already had a bench, is it tall enough to store the TS underneath? Or can you modify the TS legs?
I built my bench with storing the jointer underneath in mind, it works out great.
Just wish I'd thought about putting the jointer on a mobile base first.

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[astroracer]

I have one just like that without the stand. It is stored under a bench when not in use. I set it up on saw horses when I need to use it. Hanging it on the wall would be an option as well, just put it high enough so it's not a head knocker when you walk by it.
Sell the stand when you take the saw off.
Mark

 

[astroracer]

Just wish I'd thought about putting the jointer on a mobile base first.

Pick up a small HF furniture dollie and modify it into a drop base with just enough bottom clearance to roll in and out, kind of like below...

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Mark

 

[tboy]

Just sold my craftsman table saw (similar to yours but a little bigger) for 75$ on facebook. I sold it for the same storage issue as you have.

My solution was a new rigid mobile worksite table saw, you know the one with the "gravity stand" I think they call it. It has wheels, and when collapsed will slide under the stairway landing to my house from my garage. Not everyone has a stairs going from their attached garage into their house, but mine does. I consider that "wasted" space as it is only good for long term storage (for me at least). Rolling the table saw under there is a win for me, if I can get the junk stored there now cleaned out!

 

[QwikKotaTx]

Just sold my craftsman table saw (similar to yours but a little bigger) for 75$ on facebook. I sold it for the same storage issue as you have.

My solution was a new rigid mobile worksite table saw, you know the one with the "gravity stand" I think they call it. It has wheels, and when collapsed will slide under the stairway landing to my house from my garage. Not everyone has a stairs going from their attached garage into their house, but mine does. I consider that "wasted" space as it is only good for long term storage (for me at least). Rolling the table saw under there is a win for me, if I can get the junk stored there now cleaned out!

That's what I have it listed at. Got a lot of low ballers that don't speak English already. Those fold up saws with wider top and nicer fence will be what I buy next but I don't really need one.

 

[drivesitfar]

Qwik: I own several old table saws, but no place to set them up here permanently so they sit on a shelf or stand in storage. i really have got used to cutting everything with circular, jig and even sawsalls so I don't have a good reason to set my table saw up.

that said when I build my smallish woodshop one of those old Craftsmans (or maybe I'll upgrade) will sit on one end or both built into the bench that will sit in the middle of the shop. sorta like this.

also one of the upgrades I'm pretty sure i'm going to make to the old table saw is a STOP button I can hit with my knee.

good luck

 

[QwikKotaTx]

Qwik: I own several old table saws, but no place to set them up here permanently so they sit on a shelf or stand in storage. i really have got used to cutting everything with circular, jig and even sawsalls so I don't have a good reason to set my table saw up.

that said when I build my smallish woodshop one of those old Craftsmans (or maybe I'll upgrade) will sit on one end or both built into the bench that will sit in the middle of the shop. sorta like this.

also one of the upgrades I'm pretty sure i'm going to make to the old table saw is a STOP button I can hit with my knee.

good luck

Those are really nice benches. I especially like the drop out miter saw panel. That I do use and typically it's buried in the back of my garage in front of my truck. I will make it easier to get to but like you said, circ saw and a jig or guide takes the place of a table saw for most of my needs.

The bump stop switch is a great idea. I recently cut some 3/8" aluminum plate on my TS and I had my hands full to avoid dropping the pieces.