46 - Utility Workbench, страница 4
TIPS mm TECHNIQUES Readers' TipsPlaner Stand ■ Lifting a heavy thickness planer onto my workbench always gives me a backache. So to make it easy to set up the planer (and avoid straining my back), I built a simple stand that attaches to my bench. The unusual thing about this stand is the planer is mounted to a table that -handhold swings up and down. To use the planer, I just flip up the table, see photo above left. In this position, the bench doubles as a long, outfeed support that reduces the snipe at the end of the board, see photo at center. After completing a job, it only takes me a second to lower the table. a. SIDE VIEW 4 ShopNotes With the planer stored out of the way, I can slip a plywood top over the stand to use as an extra worksurface, see photo at right. ^^ LEGS & STRETCHERS. The stand® starts out as four legs made of "two-by" material that are connected with 3/4"-thick stretchers, see drawing below. To add rigidity to the stand, it's best to glue and screw these stretchers to the legs. (I "wrapped" the bottom of the stand with four stretchers and added two at the top.) TABLE. With the basic framework complete, the next step is to add the table. It consists of two pivot arms that are rabbeted to accept a V2" plywood top. To create a pivot point for the table, a threaded rod passes through the two inside legs and the pivot arms. Tightening a lock nut on each end of the rod secures the table to the stand. And I added a pair of hinged supports to prop up the table in the raised position, see detail 'b\ ATTACH STAND TO BENCH. Now all that's left is to attach the stand to the bench. This is just a matter of screwing a cleat to the bottom of the bench and seairing the stand with lag4fc screws, see detail 'a.' ^^ John E. Leigh Chaska, Minnesota No. 46 |
