Folding combo table saw and router table

Nov 02, 2026 Last reply: 11 hours ago 4 Replies
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When this unit is set up and running, it works as two machines sharing one top: an exposed circular saw blade sits flush on one side for rip cuts, while a plunge router mounts inverted under the other side for edge and profile work. A metal rip fence runs across the whole 900 by 600 mm surface, reaching from one tool to the other, and the standing height is a comfortable 850 mm.



Не своими РУКАМИ built the frame from profile steel tubing in 60x30 and 30x30 sections, cut on a horizontal bandsaw, welded up, then ground smooth with an angle grinder. The top is laminated plywood covered with laminate and trimmed with aluminum angle, and squareness was verified with a machinist square. The legs are steel tubing with pivot stops, painted black, and they fold flat so the compact unit stores against a wall, dropping from 850 mm to just 300 mm.



Several details stand out to me. The hand-held saw was disassembled to remove its base plate, then mounted on custom welded pivot brackets with bearings, with blade elevation handled by a threaded rod crank and an M12 stud installed for lifting the saw. The fence is welded from steel tubing with an over-center toggle clamp, rides on SBR20 cylindrical rails with matching carriages, and mounts to a linear rail with a measurement scale, a red-handled locking clamp and a hand crank for fine adjustment. The router sits in a custom insert plate with height set from above using a hex wrench, hinged side panels carry latches and a master power switch, and hold-downs were made from clamps.



One thing is left open: no riving knife or similar safety attachment appears anywhere on the unit, a shortcoming the maker has acknowledged and promised to try to correct. The plywood thickness is also unclear, since the description says 12 mm while the timeline says 10 mm.



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The saw mounting is the part that caught my attention. Once the base plate is off and the saw sits on those welded pivot brackets, how does it get lifted back up into cutting position after being lowered? Is that what the M12 stud handles, or is there more to the lifting mechanism than that?

Putting the rip fence on SBR20 cylindrical rails looks like the sharpest call in the whole build. Linear carriages should give smooth, repeatable travel, and pairing them with an over-center toggle clamp means locking down is quick and consistent cut after cut. The trade-off, in my view, is that open rails on a saw table will catch dust and chips and will need regular cleaning to stay smooth.

I would suggest adding a riving knife or some kind of guard around that exposed blade. Nothing on the unit addresses kickback control right now, and the maker has already said the shortcomings should be corrected. Even a simple homemade splitter mounted behind the blade would tackle the biggest risk without interfering with the folding legs or the wall storage.

Yes, an M12 stud is installed specifically for lifting the circular saw, so that covers getting it back up. Beyond that stud, the only other detail stated is that a lifting mechanism was assembled and its lift was tested. How the mechanism works in finer detail has not been said.

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