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Mobile base for planer--what are you doing?

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I'm getting ready to build a mobile base for my DeWalt planer. Currently, my planer sits on the mobile base for the drill press…but you can see from the picture, this isn't the best approach but it does provide stability to the drill press. The planer is too heavy for me to lift, so I want something that is about waist height with tilt-up in and out-feed tables Thanks.
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Years ago, when I got my first of many DeWalt 735's I had just been to a Habitat for Humanity restore, and they had an awesome solo cabinet there, with almost router table like space inside. The center is open, and it has cubby like storage on both sides, so it looked to be a convenient layout, and the size was plenty taller than a kitchen cab, so it looked good. It was also 10 bux.

I made a roll around base, and didn't have a plan for it's use, until my planer came. I have sold and traded a number of 735's through the years, but all of them have been on that cabinet. Perfect height, has more storage than I would ever use for extra knives.

I'm about to sell off my last 735, don't use it since getting a Griz 15" with the heli head. Not sure what to do with that cabinet, might just make it into a router table. I think that is what I bought it for initially.
 
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I just ordered my first planer, a DW735X. The X is the same price as the DW735 but includes the outfeed tables and an extra set of blades. The other morning I was running and on the way home I spotted a craftsman table saw with stand on the side of the road. The saw was junk but I picked up the stand and ran home with it. I think I may buy some locking casters to replace the adjustable feet like I did on my jointer. I will try this for now as I have badly exceeded my tool budget for now. I can always get the Dewalt base later when she isn't looking.
 
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I made a flip-top stand for it, but sized it to fit under the wing of my table saw when flipped down and not in use. Saves space that way, and I put screws on the side of the stand so it would hold my table saw blades and blade changing tools.
 
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Like most here, space is at a premium, so I attached the planer to a piece of plywood that matches the size of the top on this roll around cabinet with drawers. I put a non slip mat between, and it works great….
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The other morning I was running and on the way home I spotted a craftsman table saw with stand on the side of the road. The saw was junk but I picked up the stand and ran home with it.
- controlfreak
I did the same… found the saw + stand in the FREE Craigslist section. Yanked the motor to replace a fried one in a similar saw I had, and used the stand for my Ridgid planer. Works great for the task and the bolt holes matched perfectly.

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Sark and Tony thanks for your kind comments. There is no substitute for weight and length. The black painted infeed and outfeed tables are each 42" long and 3 layers of 3/4" ply thick. There is absolutely no snipe. There is tons of storage and the whole thing is on wheels. Last week Iwas planing 2×8 x 8' lumber with ease. I modified a design I saw years ago in Wood magazine. And the 735 is flat out amazing in my opinion. So glad I upgraded from my little Ryobi!
 
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Made from mdf and scraps of walnut for face frame and edging with an old poc door from a seventies stereo cabinet (saved long enough). I like that it gets the planer up high and mobile (locking castors on bottom) with some always welcome storage. Since photos were taken I've applied BLO on all surfaces except door which made it look a lot beter.
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The top below is very useful. Sits on top of the four posts. Can be easily removed if needed. Really great to hold parts as they are being planed.
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Great ideas and pictures, keep them coming!
Jmartel, any chance of a picture? I can't quite visualize what you are doing. And I'm intrigued by your idea.
Garageking, awesome!

- Sark
You can kind of see it in this photo under the right wing of my tablesaw. It's a standard flip-top tool cart like others have posted, just without anything on the other side.

 
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There is absolutely no snipe.
- garageking
IMHO the 735 should be renamed "The Sniper". I have used roller stands, a 4' melamine shelve, a melamine shelf with roller stands, and a melamine shelve with plastic wedges on both infeed and outfeed sides to change the angle at which the workpiece enters/exits the planer. It doesn't matter what I do I continue to have +/- .015 of snipe. I was going to buy the DeWalt extension tables and then I read some of the reviews. I came to the conclusion the extension tables are separators (they separate you from your $). I cannot wait until my budget will allow me to buy a real planer.
 
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