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I use my corner rounding template to route nice smooth corners on the top board. |
The stand is starting to take shape with the case fastened to both the base, with casters, and the top. |
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Now I am drilling 1" holes in the top surface that are exactly over the threaded holes in the base. {And if you think that this should have been done before assembly. you are right. I didn't plan ahead.) |
I iron on oak edge banding to the top plywood edge. Why do this on a shop stand? It looks good! |
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One of the handy things that comes with the Beall Wood Threader kit is a plastic template that allows you to mark center and sides for nuts — which in this case will be handles to be used for turning the threaded legs. |
I thread the last of the four holes. This view gives a good idea of how the countersunk hole makes for such a finished look. |
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At the bandsaw, I cut along the template lines leaving the almost finished nuts. |
With a sanding disk installed in my table saw, I can quickly sand the nuts right to the line. |
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With the dowels cut to the final length and the top end threaded, I have screwed the nut on the end and am now drilling a small pilot hole so that a finishing nail can be inserted. |
This finish nail pegs the nut to the rod and keeps it from turning. The nut will be our handle for adjusting each of the four separate legs. |
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This close-up is the top of the dowel-leg. A couple of turns one way and the stand is back on the casters—the other way and the stand is on the legs and quite stationary. |
And it works. I place the white in/out
feed table in place and then two roller stands and I am ready to plane. It takes only a
few turns of each of the four threaded legs to shift the weight off of the casters.
Additionally, the adjustable legs can make up for uneven areas.
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It is readily apparent that the planer produces a
lot of sawdust. In the past I have rarely connected a dust collector to it. Instead, I
just followed every session with a good sweep.
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Done. This board is the last of five
pieces of walnut (about 45 board feet) thicknessed from 1" to 3/4"— a lot
of chips. Normally the planer and stand would be deep in sawdust. No, I did not retouch
this picture, the dust collector is picking up every bit. This time, I dragged the dust
collector to the work area. In that the planer stand is so portable, in the future I will
shuttle the stand to the vacuum. In either case, it is real nice to have things so easily
portable and a clean shop.
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