Building A Custom Outfeed Table For My Garage Workshop (+ My New Table Saw)!

It’s officially been one year since I started the garage makeover of my dreams that was supposed to take two months to complete…but here we are! 12 years ago I started out in the corner of my dad’s storage shed, later upgraded to a 12×12 shed that my dad and I built together and now I finally have a one and a half car garage where I have the room to really dive into my projects – including a custom outfeed table for my new table saw!

Getting Rid of My Jobsite Table Saw

For about a decade now I’ve been consistently using jobsite saws or compact saws in my workshop, simply because I didn’t have the space for anything bigger. They’ve served me well over the years, but it’s finally time to upgrade to a big girl cabinet saw and a dedicated outfeed table and I couldn’t be more excited! And of course we’re going with a SawStop saw because safety comes first. Keep reading if you’d like to see how I upgraded it along with a custom outfeed table for my new table saw!

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Tools + Materials

Tools

Materials

3/4″ Plywood
Edge Banding
Leveling Furniture Feet
Butcher Block Top
Cabinet Hinges
Cabinet Door Handles
Halcyon Wood Finish (use this link for an auto-discount at checkout)
Painting Kit

Cut List

Looking for the dimensions for this project? You can find the printable PDF plans here!

1. Building the outfeed table – prep lumber

A bittersweet realization that this is going to be the last project that I had to cut on the floor of my workshop. But I’m excited to not be crawling on the floor anymore.

I had to make this table in 2 parts, so I started by cutting down this panel with my circular saw.

Then I cut those panels down further. I did this before setting up the cabinet saw because the saw actually is pretty large and I needed the floor space. See why this outfeed table is going to be a game changer?

Later I cut more custom pieces on the cabinet saw but to start I got as many pieces ready as possible before unpacking it.

If you remember, my friend Shara came to visit and helped me build the other cabinets in my workshop. So I built this outfeed table in basically the same way. If you want to see the step by step build of that project you can watch it here.

Once the cabinet box pieces were cut it was time to start assembling them. I used pocket hole joinery because pocket holes are easy, strong and you can hide them, they’re just great.

Then it was time to make everything look nice and neat, using one of my favorite woodworking tricks, edge banding. We’re gonna make the plywood look like fancy hardwood.

It might seem unnecessary but this is my happy place and I wanted everything to feel finished and clean.

Of course, after applying the edgebanding, everything got a good sand.

2. Assemble the outfeed table

After assembling the carcass it was time to put together the cabinet boxes. Because the space was a bit tighter I assembled the entire outfeed table in two parts. I would’ve loved to make one giant cabinet but this was the way it had to go.

Once I finished assembling the first side of cabinets it was just rinse and repeat for the second side.

After the cabinet base was ready I added a large panel on each side to make it look like one giant cabinet rather than two separate pieces.

3. Assemble the Sawstop cabinet saw

Next it was time to get my dad into the shop to help me unpack the new SawStop.

This is the heaviest , most powerful, and highest quality 10” cabinet saw available on the market so I know it is stable and reliable. And it came with everything you might need, as well as a manual explaining exactly how to put it together.

Assembling it was actually super easy, and it was good that we did it before finalizing the cabinets because I did have to roll it around a bit to find the best spot for it.

What do you guys think, does it look like a real shop now?

Once it was all set up I used my level to make sure it was perfectly flat.

4. Fix a few things on the ceiling

Before finishing the cabinets I did hop on the ladder and change the lights, they were driving me crazy.

I did also stay up on the ladder a little extra to stain the wood pieces that were not matching the rest of the ceiling.

5. Install the top of the outfeed table

Back to the outfeed table. I got these leveling furniture feet to make sure the cabinets would be exactly level with the saw.

Next I put the butcher block top into place.

Then used the circular saw to trim them down to size.

As well as a hand saw. I did leave a bit of an overhang, I wanted to have some seating so that’s why you see a stool here.

Once everything was cut down to size I attached the butcher block top into place.

6. Final Touches

It was finally time to make my first cuts with my brand new cabinet saw. Definitely the best day ever! The saw cut right through my material, was so quiet and having a level outfeed table was a dream.

I added toe kicks to the outfeed table and used my brad nailer to attach them.

I finished the cabinet doors by clamping them to the outfeed table (yay!)

Then I used a hinge jig to make the holes for the hinges.

Final step here was installing the hinges.

There was also more edge banding and sanding too.

I installed handles on all of the cabinet doors.

I used Halcyon and a roller brush to finish all of the surfaces of the outfeed table.

The Big Reveal

Can someone pinch me? Check out my rad new setup.

I am so grateful to have this saw and outfeed table now. Even for little things like clamping a piece I’m working on to the outfeed table. The simple little things are just so much more seamless now that I’m really set up for the projects I want to do. I did listen to Shara’s suggestion to leave the cabinets as their natural wood color instead of painting them black to match the rest of the cabinets in the workshop and I’m so glad I did. I love the contrast and brightness it brings to the space.

But in all honesty, this space couldn’t be what it is today without all of you. So thank you so much for being here over the past 12 years. I’m so excited for all of the DIY projects that are still to come. Until the next project, happy DIYing friends!