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Has anybody got any links or videos showing a full board (8×4) being ripped down to size? Just wondering if a support table would be needed..
You are definitely going to need some outfeed and preferably some infeed support for ripping sheet goods. A contractor, Ron Paulk has created a great worktable/ outfeed support system. If you look him up on YouTube you will see him explaining how he builds it.
I actually remember seeing his first one he built..liking the add on for table saw and router
I’m guessing dewalt doesn’t make an out feed table..?
The DW745 is the compact saw with no stand, the DW744 was slightly bigger and had an X stand initially and later a folding wheeled stand available. There was the DW7441 outfeed and side support kit for the DW744 but they don’t offer enough support on the outfeed side to go past 3 or 4 feet. They also had the DW746 hybrid saw that did have a wide fence, sliding table and an outfeed table available from DeWalt, They haven’t offered that model for several years.
They have now been replaced with 3 models DWE7480 (replaces the DW745), the DWE7490X (replaces the DW745 with X stand) and the DWE7491RS (replaces the DW745 with rolling stand). The DWE7480 has 24″ of rip capacity(up from 20″), the DWE7490X has 28 1/2″ (DW744 had 24 1/2″) and the DWE7491RS offers 32 1/2″. They also offer the DWE7499GD which is basically a DWE7491RS with an electronic guard detection/bypass feature. The new models have a modular guard, kickback pawls and riving knife set-up as well as onboard storage for various parts and accessories to the saws.
All those Model numbers are for American 110-125 volt saws, I don’t know what the European 220-240V equivalents would be. Personally if I had to rip a lot of sheet goods, I’d probably go with a track saw or the Ron Paulk setup. Right now I don’t do tons of it so I can get by with a straight edge and a circular saw. Most of the time I find myself doing it with my 18 volt DC390 cordless circular saw, that way I don’t worry about a cord getting pinched or worse, cut while making a cut.
I forget what table saw number I have, but I was able to pick up a side and back outfeed supports through amazon. They do the job