Flip Top for Dewalt DW735?

[Jay Yoder]

I am currently working on design for a stand for my DW-735. It is getting too heavy to carry 1/2 way across the shop. What were the solutions for you all? Pics very helpful! Thanks alot and Happy New year!

[glenn bradley]

Here's mine naked: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?referrerid=5960&t=91236

and here it is in use: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=63719&d=1177997813

Do a Google search here on 'flip top'. You will get a bunch of hits.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Here's some pics of my little planer. It's a different model than yours, but the idea is the same. The best part is the rock solid infeed and outfeed tables that fold neatly away. Also, when the tables are folded down, they don't obstruct the pathway when short boards are fed.

By the way, I agree that these planers are not very portable (anymore).

-Jeff :)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/planerstandclosed.jpg

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[Jeffrey Makiel]

A little more info...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/untitled-2.jpg

[Ed Sallee]

Not a flip top, but I made the one from the plan available from WOOD Magazine, January, 1995 - Issue #76. I really like it and it's been hanging around my shop for about 10 years now.... I had to customize a little to fit my planer. Probably the only reason I haven't bought a new planer - this set up works just fine. Here's a link to the plan..... (http://www.woodstore.net/porplanthicc.html)

It's portable too. Has some casters on one end....

Not really a good picture, but it's the only one I could dig up....

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/evsallee/DSC03928.jpg

[Bill Huber]

I think you can build one as nice as you want, Jeff's is really nice and I wish I had the room for one like that.

I made mine really cheap and just used 2x4s and a length of 3/4 pipe for HD. It does everything I need it to do, rolls under the bench out of the way.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=70278&highlight=ridgid

[willie sobat]

Here's mine.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=105369&stc=1&d=1230826675

[Charles Lent]

I put my DW735 on a Delta planer/miter saw stand. I do all of my planning in the driveway so this method lets me keep my planer standing on end like a hand truck when it's in the shop, it's easy to move out to the driveway, and just a tug lifts and latches it in the up position. I also like the extendable roller guides that allow placing a support roller about 3 1/2 ft away from each end of the planer. Mounting the planer on this stand requires a 3/4 plywood adapter, but this only took me about a half hour to make and install.

Charley

[Jim Becker]

The rub with the DW735 for this kind of thing is that it's a very, very heavy machine compared to most of the other portable planers. The setup that Jeffery shows might be a better solution for this heavy machine, IMHO.

[Narayan Nayar]

Jim is of course correct--the DW735 is a heavy machine. But when I had one, it sat on a flip-top stand which was very stable and which also housed a Makita 10" SCMS.

I don't have very good pictures, unfortunately. I need to get better about that. It was one of the first stands I made for the shop--totally out of necessity, as I didn't want to work on the floor :). I based the design off someone else's plans I found on the web. Unfortunately, the URL doesn't seem to be working anymore and I don't want to post someone else's material. If you PM me with your email address, though, I'll send along a .pdf.

Here is what my stand looked like. You can see the sides are double-thick 3/4" ply, and the top has several 7/4 - 8/4 pieces in it. I eventually made a drawer for the bottom opening to house accessories before I sold both the planer and the saw earlier this year.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

If you do go with a flip top, I recommend incorporating fold-up extension tables for added ease, stability and snipe reduction. This feature was just discussed in a flip top about a week or so ago. Here was one suggestion...

-Jeff :)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Presentation2-2.jpg

[Jason White]

Just sent you a PM. This looks like exactly what I need!

Jason


Jim is of course correct--the DW735 is a heavy machine. But when I had one, it sat on a flip-top stand which was very stable and which also housed a Makita 10" SCMS.

I don't have very good pictures, unfortunately. I need to get better about that. It was one of the first stands I made for the shop--totally out of necessity, as I didn't want to work on the floor :). I based the design off someone else's plans I found on the web. Unfortunately, the URL doesn't seem to be working anymore and I don't want to post someone else's material. If you PM me with your email address, though, I'll send along a .pdf.

Here is what my stand looked like. You can see the sides are double-thick 3/4" ply, and the top has several 7/4 - 8/4 pieces in it. I eventually made a drawer for the bottom opening to house accessories before I sold both the planer and the saw earlier this year.

[Dewey Torres]

Recent discussion here:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=92122&highlight=flip

[Jay Yoder]

Happy New Year everyone! Those are all excellent ideas! I will continue working one my idea. I like he idea of using black or galv pipe for the pivot cheap and strong. I never thought about it, but I should probably think about incorporating infeed/outfeed wings. Awhile ago I got an AutoCAD file from a Creeker but I can't find (or remember) who it was. Anyone remember this posting?

[Jeff Bratt]

Not a flip-top, but pictures of my DeWalt 735 and stand here (http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Ejeffnann/WoodWorking/Shop/Shop.html#Planer_Stand_).

[Ron Jones near Indy]

This is not a flip top, but it works well for me. I put my Delta lunch box planer on my Workmate. I adjusted the top to hold the planer and put the whole thing on a HF mobile base (Delta clone). If I need the Workmate I just set the planer out of the way and the Workmate is set up ready to use.

[Jim Mattheiss]

I built a "wheelbarrow" sort of cart for mine.

You tip it up onto the 2 wheels and walk it into place.
It rests on the 4 legs and the wheels are 1/4 inch of the ground at rest.

This is nowhere near as slick as the one shown with integrated in-feed and out-feed tables, but it works for me.

Cheers

Jim

[Tom Esh]

I am currently working on design for a stand for my DW-735. It is getting too heavy to carry 1/2 way across the shop. What were the solutions for you all? Pics very helpful! Thanks alot and Happy New year!

Getting too heavy? Only time I'd lift something that heavy myself is if it fell on me.:D
I bought my 735 a couple years ago when Woodcraft had a free stand offer. If you've not seen it, DeWalt's mobile planer stand is actually very nice and sturdy - even has a shelf. All I did was bolt some ply panels on to enclose it.
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[Justin Leiwig]

A little more info...



You don't happen to have that in a larger size do you?

[david kramer]

Here's mine http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=99467

David

[Russ Massery]

Wow! Jeff a Delta SNIPEMASTER 2000. The name I gave the one I had.Do the outfeed tables help yours. It didn't help mine, So I gave up years ago. I like your design for the stand though.

[Steve Vaughn]

This thread (and the others) are right on time. I need to make a flip top for these two items.

Steve

[Brett Robson]

Here's mine that houses my Ridgid planer. I made it from Jatoba and some 3/4 Birch Plywood. The top has 3/16" steel strip that the 1/2" steel pivot pin rides in to support the weight.

Since I was making a stand that is more furniture-like, I added the two small drawers on either end and the little inlays on the lids that cover the pivot/latches.

The stand is a bit eclectic, but I think it turned out pretty well. The top is solid when latched and spins very easily, even with the weight of the planer. I plan to mount my belt sander on the other side.

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[Myk Rian]

This thread (and the others) are right on time. I need to make a flip top for these two items.

Steve
Steve;
Those are the exact tools I want to build one for.
I'm watching this thread with interest.

[Jay Yoder]

WOW That is a bit fancy for my shop! That looks great! I am still deciding if I want a flip top or one that diff tools can be perm mounted to a top that drops into a common "cart"...

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Wow! Jeff a Delta SNIPEMASTER 2000. The name I gave the one I had.Do the outfeed tables help yours. It didn't help mine, So I gave up years ago. I like your design for the stand though.


Snipemaster 2000 you say! Heck, I bought mine in 1989 or about. It was so new that I was on a waiting list. I think I paid $419 for it back then. The only other portable planer was the Ryobi 10" when Ryobi was competing in the high end tool market. About the same time, Makita introduced a portable planer too.

Before then, I also wore flare leg pants and platform shoes!

However, it can snipe :(. The extension tables should have an upward incline as they get further from the planer. This really helps a lot, and you can actually avoid snipe. There is adjustment of the carriage bolt leg leveler screws on the outfeed support legs.

I've been eyeing up the new Jet JJP-12 jointer/planer combo. I'm just waiting for the spiral/helical head option to become available. However, my little Delta planer keeps on going.

-Jeff :)