Bench Top Jointer

Today I completed my bench top jointer built using a Ryobi HPL52 portable hand planer as the power source giving it a 3 1/4” maximum planing width and a maximum planing depth of 1/8”. It has a fully adjustable in-feed table to match the depth of cut selected, a blade/cutter guard that’s spring loaded and fully retractable, a guarded paddle on/off switch for quick shutdown and access to dust collection. Both the in-feed and out-feed tables as well as the fence have hard board surfaces for a smoother surfaces.

The base dimensions are 30” L x 12” W while the jointer itself measures 38” L x 5.5” W x 7.5” H x 12” to top of fence.
The in-feed table is 14” L x 4.5 W and the out-feed table is 12” L x 4.5 W while the fence is 4.5” H. The entire unit was built from 3/4” birch plywood. The front face is removable giving full access to the planer for maintenance or removal of the planer itself.

For a finish I painted the base a matte coffee bean brown and the jointer light brown, applied a white oak trim all around, then finished off the entire unit with a coat of gloss polyurethane.

-- Dusty