I have a defunct 10 inch direct drive table saw. You know the kind... light weight aluminum table on a plastic base. These units are not economical to repair as they can be bought new for less than the repair costs and used for far less.

I hate to throw stuff out if I can think of something to use it for and this saw is no exception. What about the idea of making a router table out of it? The rip fence is still functional and it has the groves to take a miter thingy on either side of the blade.

Have any of you genius but cheap (OK, frugal) woodworker types done this. Is there a big GOTCHA that I'm not recognizing?

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