in a recent garage makeover for bench tools, Norm built a large
planer/chopsaw cart. His chop saw was up high, and had extension
wings to flip up. I wanted mine to be the same height as the tablesaw
table.
The planer is high enough that my Home Depot outfeed support will drop
down to "catch" boards feeding through.
Alan
http://alan.firebin.net/images/planer_cart.jpg
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:41:20 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> Cool.. my kind of project, simple, inexpensive and useful!
>>
>> Do you use the planer at that height, or set it on a stand/bench?
>>
>>
>
>I will use it at that height, the planer weighs about 90 lbs and it
>really is a bit much to move by oneself safely around the shop. My
>intention in height was to have the beds where the home depot outfeed
>support would handle the outfeed, but in my world my measurements were
>off a ways +again+. Will have to see if I can cut down the central bar
>a bit more than I thought.. :)
>
>Alan
hmm... I'll have to look at the picture again... it seemed like the
planer was only about a foot of the floor...
BTW, how do you like your Delta planer?
There is a turning NG also.
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 05:13:31 -0000, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Heck, he dropped off a homemade lathe too, and it's still in pieces. I
>think SWMBO wants that one put together first. She's been watching that
>woodturning basics show on DIY.
> Oh, dammit. Forgot about that vintage Sears Scroll saw a friend
> dropped off last spring. Nuts.
>
Make the table top deeper, then make the back swing up to make an even
larger top. Put the scroll saw on a lazy suzan with a lock rod, pivot it
around, lock it, raise the table and away you go with a space to sit with
your legs underneath.
Alan
On Sat 06 Nov 2004 01:15:56a, [email protected] (Alan W) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> in a recent garage makeover for bench tools, Norm built a large
> planer/chopsaw cart. His chop saw was up high, and had extension
> wings to flip up. I wanted mine to be the same height as the tablesaw
> table.
>
> The planer is high enough that my Home Depot outfeed support will drop
> down to "catch" boards feeding through.
>
> Alan
>
> http://alan.firebin.net/images/planer_cart.jpg
Thanks, Alan. With that idea, I now know how all my larger power tools will
be stored. I've already built a cart for the SCMS, but I think the Ryobi
spindle sander would be just fine where your chop saw is. :-) That was the
last one.
Oh, dammit. Forgot about that vintage Sears Scroll saw a friend dropped off
last spring. Nuts.
On Sat 06 Nov 2004 09:48:33p, A Womack <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Make the table top deeper, then make the back swing up to make an even
> larger top. Put the scroll saw on a lazy suzan with a lock rod, pivot
> it around, lock it, raise the table and away you go with a space to
> sit with your legs underneath.
>
A variation on that would probably work, but this is a belt-driven scroll
saw. I've got to mount a motor on there someplace too. And I haven't even
started reconditioning the poor thing. I'll build the station with that in
mind but it'll be awhile before I start scrollsawing. :-)
Heck, he dropped off a homemade lathe too, and it's still in pieces. I
think SWMBO wants that one put together first. She's been watching that
woodturning basics show on DIY.
Sigh.
mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>>
>>http://alan.firebin.net/images/planer_cart.jpg
>
> Cool.. my kind of project, simple, inexpensive and useful!
>
> Do you use the planer at that height, or set it on a stand/bench?
>
>
I will use it at that height, the planer weighs about 90 lbs and it
really is a bit much to move by oneself safely around the shop. My
intention in height was to have the beds where the home depot outfeed
support would handle the outfeed, but in my world my measurements were
off a ways +again+. Will have to see if I can cut down the central bar
a bit more than I thought.. :)
Alan
mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> hmm... I'll have to look at the picture again... it seemed like the
> planer was only about a foot of the floor...
>
> BTW, how do you like your Delta planer?
>
>
I've not used the dewalt much yet, it does leave a very smooth surface,
and except for planing some 1/4" pieces the other day, the dust blower
is quite good. I expect with the dust collector it will be even better.
The 1/4" did suffer bad tearout / snipe, but I understand this is a
funce of the small stuff (1/2" x 1/4") flexing under planing. If I made
a sled, it would have been fine.
Actual height to the bed is about 17" or so, the wheels are about 5" in
total height, then the 1 1/2" of plywood shelves, the height of the
drawer opening is about 9.5" and then the high from the planer bottom to
the bed itself.
Alan
Alan
On Sun 07 Nov 2004 09:55:02a, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote in news:[email protected]:
> There is a turning NG also.
Yeah but I ain't tellin' her about that till I get the thing put together.
:-)
Dan
Alan W wrote:
> in a recent garage makeover for bench tools, Norm built a large
> planer/chopsaw cart. His chop saw was up high, and had extension
> wings to flip up. I wanted mine to be the same height as the tablesaw
> table.
>
> The planer is high enough that my Home Depot outfeed support will drop
> down to "catch" boards feeding through.
>
> Alan
>
> http://alan.firebin.net/images/planer_cart.jpg
Functional, moveable, and meets your requirements. What more could you ask
for? <g> Well done.
-- Mark
On 5 Nov 2004 23:15:56 -0800, [email protected] (Alan W)
wrote:
>in a recent garage makeover for bench tools, Norm built a large
>planer/chopsaw cart. His chop saw was up high, and had extension
>wings to flip up. I wanted mine to be the same height as the tablesaw
>table.
>
>The planer is high enough that my Home Depot outfeed support will drop
>down to "catch" boards feeding through.
>
>Alan
>
>http://alan.firebin.net/images/planer_cart.jpg
Cool.. my kind of project, simple, inexpensive and useful!
Do you use the planer at that height, or set it on a stand/bench?
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 06:20:25 GMT, A Womack <[email protected]>
wrote:
>mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>
>> hmm... I'll have to look at the picture again... it seemed like the
>> planer was only about a foot of the floor...
>>
>> BTW, how do you like your Delta planer?
>>
>>
>
>I've not used the dewalt much yet, it does leave a very smooth surface,
>and except for planing some 1/4" pieces the other day, the dust blower
>is quite good. I expect with the dust collector it will be even better.
>
>The 1/4" did suffer bad tearout / snipe, but I understand this is a
>funce of the small stuff (1/2" x 1/4") flexing under planing. If I made
>a sled, it would have been fine.
>
>Actual height to the bed is about 17" or so, the wheels are about 5" in
>total height, then the 1 1/2" of plywood shelves, the height of the
>drawer opening is about 9.5" and then the high from the planer bottom to
>the bed itself.
>
>Alan
thanks, Alan....
I hope to get a planer in '05 and so far the dewalt looks to be the
most bang for my limited bucks..