Cart for Planer

good idea

was thinking of doing this and but with the addition of some sound proofing around the planer with sliding doors to adjust for thickness

probably will never do this idea but would be nice to have the unit flip upside down so the surface of the cart was usable

there is a video out there where a guy did this

Portable bench! Good idea and good job.

For some of us, now days, these portable ideas sure beats hauling/moving so me of our heavier loads.

I inherited an old Rockwell benchtop drill press and router/shaper, both on custom cabinets, lawn mower wheel casters. Tom used 3/4" gal. pipe as ha ndles, that slide in and out of the upper "rails" of the cabinet frame. Th e wood framing is reinforced with 1.5" angle iron, which makes them awkward ly/super heavy for maneuvering, easily, but probably makes them more stable , when in certain use.

Sonny

Darn fine job there. Now if you can mount lawnmower handle bars on it you are set to smooth out your yard too. :~)

The only sound-proofing I need is the ear protectors. All my neighbors work during the day. Hey-hey. I'm retired. Or maybe it is I'm retarded.

I forgot to say I did not use sketchup or plans.

I did something like that years ago when I was working out of part of a single car garage. My cart had a Ryobi contractor saw on top and a Ryobi

Now I have a Robland X-31 that is also, theoretically at least, movable but a half-ton of iron and steel aren't all that maneuverable but at least now I have a full garage bay to work in so it doesn't have to move more than once or twice a year.

Nice, and fresh mulch as well.

A truly "green" planer.

Just be careful what species you plane. Some is toxic to the normal plants we tend to have around. More often, wood mulch will screw up the pH of the ground.

Festool makes a planer now?

Normally the shavings make a neat pile which I pick up with a manure fork and bag. The spot I use has nothing but leaves, no nearby plants. I never use shavings as mulch, as they take up nitrogen in decomposition. I have plenty of pine straw for mulching.

The planer is actually orange.

Be kind to those without lives. They grasp at any straw for increased self worth.

My planer cart has a flip top, but there's a thickness sander on the other side :-)

In my area our ph is poor for a lot of plants. Ashes are great, wooden ashes, the worms also love wood products and so replace and improve the nitrogen. Used properly it can reduce weeds.

Yeah, there are lots of variables. But I do spread my sawdust around for water retention, etc.

Eco green.

Those who complain the most...

Good plan.

I saw the pictures but, well, nevermind.

nice idea there too

multipurpose is good especially in a small shop

Even thought you seem to go for this sort of thing we will try to be kind to you.

Have not heard Robland combination machines mentioned in decades. Can't even remember what they look like.

My planer is mounted on top of a cabinet with drawers. Holds lots of stuff in the cabinet. Your planer is mounted on a cart that you roll outside. It is permanently mounted on the cart. Or do you take it off the cart and put it on a shelf and fold the cart up? Sounds like its permanently mounte d to the cart. So I don't understand how you are saving space because the cart takes up space. You permanently mounted the planer to the cart. Why don't you just say you put your planer on a cart and roll the cart around t he shop and outside too.

The building that my shop is in has two parts. One part is my shop. the other part holds lawn equipment, chainsaws, Wood rack, mower, edger, chipper-shredder and such. That is where the planer also lives. It is jam-packed in there and no way it could be used there to plane lumber. The shop part is pretty well filled with stuff I use regularly. The planer is seldom used. So it is stored where it is out of the way.