Lee Alkureishi
06-10-2013, 12:14 PM
Hi all,
I have an older craftsman 6" open stand jointer, which doesn't see much use at the moment as it's tucked under one of my benches and it's a bit of a PITA to pull it out. The open stand, with flared legs, just takes up too much space to keep it out all the time.
Ideally, I'd like to ditch the open stand and mount the jointer to the top of my mobile cabinet (actually an old file cabinet that I repurposed as a workbench base). But, I'm wondering about the shavings, as it makes an awful lot of them! Has anyone done this, and is it ok to put the jointer on a solid surface? How much clearance is needed underneath for the shavings to be cleared? Or has anyone come up with a clever solution to get around this?
Thanks in advance,
Lee
I have an older craftsman 6" open stand jointer, which doesn't see much use at the moment as it's tucked under one of my benches and it's a bit of a PITA to pull it out. The open stand, with flared legs, just takes up too much space to keep it out all the time.
Ideally, I'd like to ditch the open stand and mount the jointer to the top of my mobile cabinet (actually an old file cabinet that I repurposed as a workbench base). But, I'm wondering about the shavings, as it makes an awful lot of them! Has anyone done this, and is it ok to put the jointer on a solid surface? How much clearance is needed underneath for the shavings to be cleared? Or has anyone come up with a clever solution to get around this?
Thanks in advance,
Lee