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Other than jobsite saws, every tablesaw/cabinet saw I’ve seen has a little extension to the left of the blade off the main base of the saw.

I’m wondering if the dimensions of the left hand table has a specific purpose, perhaps to allow for a certain dimension for having support for cutting panels from standard sheet goods to fit into buildings codes or something like that.

The inverse of that question, is, is there any reason why you couldn’t remove the extension and line up your fence beginning at the main cabinet tabletop?

Larger tables usually run with rip capacities of 36" and 52". 36 is enough to cut panels for the ends of kitchen cabinets from 4x8 plywood using the rip fence -- safer and more accurate than using a miter gauge or free-handing. 52 is enough to cut a 4x8 in half. Larger the support area the safer.

Large tables also make crosscuts in long lumber safer and easier.

If those are not things you plan to do there is no reason you can't remove the wings.

I think most folks who do a variety of woodworking want as big a table as their shop can accommodate. Which also makes a decent work surface too.

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Brian R, Wood Mechanic
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your exact wording kind of confuses me, but hey, I'm 63 and a lot confuses me now...

I AssUMe you are referring to the stamped table top parts that are bolted on to both the left and right side of the cast steel main top which has been machined to be "perfectly" flat (what confused me is you only referring to the left side)...if my assumption is correct there is no issue with unbolting that part and removing it other than you will be changing the center of mass and might make it more likely to be knocked over

as has been already noted most people want as much support as possible when using a table saw and go so far as to create a perfectly aligned outfeed table (which can also be used as a work station if kept clean and unmarred) and if needed will also have infeed supports of some sort when required.

My left hand table saw extension is a cast iron router table that has T slots machined into it. I use these T Slots with hold down clamps and a piece of anti skid rubber shelf mat material to clamp a Rockler T track table to the top of the table saw. It's easy to remove when i want to and protects the saw table. I use this as one of my main benches for anything that doesn't involve pounding (I don' want to knock the saw table out of alignment). The t tracks allow all sorts of jigs and holders to be attached to the table. It makes a very useful bench.

Dave