Due to having a small shop space, I don't really have space for a floor standing jointer, so I've been making use of other ways to do face jointing. It's easy enough to do edge jointing on the table saw, but faces are what I usually struggle with. For a while now, I've been doing it by hand, but with some rather large projects coming up, I really need a way to not tire myself out just dimensioning wood.

I spent a while trying to figure out a way to fit a jointer into my shop, but decided it wasn't going to happen, so I need to find a better option. I debated a few ideas, but the best option for my space is definitely a router sled. I didn't have a good option for a table for it; my out feed table wasn't flat, and I didn't really want to use my table saw top. So I decided to make a flat out feed table for the job.

One of the flaws of my old out feed table is that it takes up a lot of space, and doesn't offer much storage. I built it when I was first starting out, and didn't really think it through. So another goal from a better out feed table, is to get better storage. However, since most of my shop is fairly organized without all the storage space below the out feed table, I want to come up with something that leaves me room to expand, without defining the storage to just leave it empty.