Project by DustyS06 | posted 04-01-2019 10:46 PM | 1627 views | 7 times favorited | 7 comments | ![]() |
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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
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Woodknack
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#1 posted 04-01-2019 11:59 PM
It looks store bought in the thumbnail, well done.
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Ivan
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#2 posted 04-02-2019 07:10 AM
A piece of art! I like those home made maschines…I made myself one too -not beautiful as that…
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Calmudgeon
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#3 posted 04-02-2019 12:35 PM
An interesting build. Nicely executed.
-- "As are the things we make, so are we ourselves." - Lin Yutang
stefang
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#4 posted 04-02-2019 05:26 PM
Nice work and very handy for smaller workpieces.
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Jim Jakosh
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#5 posted 04-02-2019 10:51 PM
Nice work on the jointer machine table setting!!
cheers, Jim
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therealSteveN
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#6 posted 04-03-2019 04:58 AM
Wow I thought you were parked in the wrong forum, and were bragging about your new Cutech jointer.
So how does it work?
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Dave McDonell
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#7 posted 05-24-2019 03:47 PM
Amazing piece of work!!!!
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