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In article .com,
says...
So you can put the angle iron rails on under the Vega mounting
hardware? Where do you get just the rails? How did you mount a flip
up outfeed table around the square tube stock? Interesting

The flip-up table is based on a design in Woodsmith some years ago.
It uses two wooden extension arms that bolt to the ends of the two
normal table extensions, and extend toward the rear, far enough so
the table can hang vertically behind the motor. These were on the
saw when I bought the Vega, and mine happened to be fairly substantial
(1-1/4 ash), so I just notched the one on the right so the Vega
square tube (and the little metal finger thing on the end of the
fence) would slide through the slot. Handsaw, chisels & rasp.

My fence rails came with four mounting plates, which were nothing
more than flat pieces of steel, about 1/8" thick, rectangular,
already drilled with mounting holes. They bolt directly to the
round and square rails. I can't remember if the rails were pre-
drilled, but I think they were. I'm thinking these things are
about 4 or 5 inches by maybe 5 or 6. They bolt to the bottom
of the rail, oriented so they are on the inside of the rails.
You make a wooden table, and screw it to these plates.

Vega included a drawing with dimensions to make a side table
that bolted (lag screws) to these flat plates. I cut a hole
in mine, sized to fit the router plate I was already using
in a table-top router table setup. One thing you have to be
careful about, the front rail is bigger than the back, so the
vertical distance from where you want the top of the table to
be is less in the back than in the front. Vega's little diagram
pointed all that out rather well.

Only other thing I had to do was put legs on the outboard end,
because the saw would tend to tip otherwise. I made 'em foldable,
to ease rolling the thing aroung. Still have to be careful of
tipping however. But, as long as the motor's not on I'm not
so worried about that. I swing them down again when I get it
to where it's going.

Disclaimer: It's been awhile, and right now, my saw and I are
separated from each other, so I can't just go look to see how
things went together.

Hope it helps,
HB