Easy to build DIY Thickness Planer Stand.

Beautiful build will serve you well for many years, good job.

-- Soli Deo gloria!

Great stand. James. I used the same locking casters on the one for our Az shop!

JIm

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Looks good and solid, should work very well for years to come. Great job. Mel

-- MEL, Kansas

Very nice, I like the color and finish.

Did you consider using two fixed wheels and two swivels? It makes it easier to steer and won’t slide in the cross direction.

Alternatively you could use just two casters and make it move like a wheelbarrow. Lift the non-wheel side slightly and it’ll roll, set it down and the legs hold it steady. No flipping locking levers. That how this stand works.

The two lift handles were an excuse for lathe practice.

-- The hump with the stump and the pump!

Very nice, I like the color and finish.

Did you consider using two fixed wheels and two swivels? It makes it easier to steer and won t slide in the cross direction.

Alternatively you could use just two casters and make it move like a wheelbarrow. Lift the non-wheel side slightly and it ll roll, set it down and the legs hold it steady. No flipping locking levers. That how this stand works.

The two lift handles were an excuse for lathe practice.

- Madmark2

Mark thanks for your comment. I used the front and back swiveling casters to move my stands in all directions. I put non swivel casters on on some of my shop tool bases and wished I hadn’t. This arrangement has such a greater spectrum of movement., especially in tire spaces.
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-- James E McIntyre

I did the very same thing, years ago. Only, I used standard Douglas Fir for the build. Draw-bore dowels and dovetails in the cross beams, and such. It was a big deal fro me, at the time. I put two non-swivel casters at the back and two swivel casters at the front. A very sturdy table it is. It was a table that was to hold my DeWalt Thickness Planer. Then, after discovering that it was too small, too insubstantial, for that purpose, and discovering that my Thickness Planer draws too much power from the house’s system, and was blowing out the circuit breaker, I decided that the table would be better used as a platform for my Carvewright. Then, the Carvewright broke down, and I haven’t garnered the wherewithal, or the incentive, to ship it to Texas for repairs. So, the Carvewright rests, for, lo these many years, under the table saw, for Future Mark to deal with (or not), and the table became the resting place for my bench grinder. It works well enough as that (for the time being, anyhow.)

That’s an excellent table you’ve built there, James.

-- Mark

Sweet! Your “Camaru” is what I call “Ipe” I believe, and yes, it’s basically indestructible. Built several decks with it…absolutely gorgeous, and it’s exterior stable enough you can actually do some fairly fine detail work with it that doesn’t fall apart over time. I have scraps left over that make for excellent jigs too. Little tough on the saw blades and bits due to the silica content…can give ya some cruel splinters, and of course incredibly heavy…but an amazing material. Your bench looks great! Not only will it give you years of service, I assure you it will do the same for future generations. Nice Job!

-- Live to putter...putter to live!

I think that passes the “sturdy” test James, looks like fine furniture with that wood and finish 8^)
I can’t tell, does the table have pins or other methods to keep the planer from sliding around?

I thought about making a cart for my planer, but with the ever decreasing floor space, I just use my table saw top 8^)

Thanks for the positive comments guys.

Mark I’d like to see your table.

Sweet! Your “Camaru” is what I call “Ipe” I believe, and yes, it’s basically indestructible. Built several decks with it…absolutely gorgeous,

- RCCinNC

RCCinNC
Ipe is similar but even harder it has a Janka test rating at 3510 LBf. That hard!

-- James E McIntyre

I can t tell, does the table have pins or other methods to keep the planer from sliding around?

- splintergroup

Splinter thanks. I haven’t drilled holes in it yet for bolts. I’m looking at that top holding a drill but I can’t seem to do it. I have to take it off to store it so I use F-clamps for now.

-- James E McIntyre

Great stand. James. I used the same locking casters on the one for our Az shop!

JIm

- Jim Jakosh

Thanks Jim J. I like these casters. I just wish they had 4” in stock instead of the 3” I used.

-- James E McIntyre

Ipe is tough enough to hold machine threads. Drill and tap for whatever size mounting bolts that are called for and bolt directly into the wood.

-- The hump with the stump and the pump!

Ipe is tough enough to hold machine threads. Drill and tap for whatever size mounting bolts that are called for and bolt directly into the wood.

- Madmark2

That is one tough wood MadMark. I probably wouldn’t have used the similar Cumaru if I didn’t get it for free

-- James E McIntyre

Nice job and congratulations on your ‘Daily Top 3’ award.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Nice job and congratulations on your Daily Top 3 award.

- Grumpy

Thanks Grumpy!

-- James E McIntyre