SuperStand: Lathe + Bandsaw + Planer + Router Table + Storage = 2'x4' Floor Space

It looks like you have done a good job in planning and building this. This could well be your best tool as well as project. Thanks for posting

Well done Bryan, congratulations!

home made shopsmith, i like it!

-- If time is money, then wouldn't an ATM be a time machine?

This is very cool Brian – nicely engineered! Too bad you can’t run all the tools at once, we would really like to see that! Now with all the space you’ve saved, you’ll probably need some more tools, don’t you think?

-- Jeff - I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

you have done a fantastic work here brian
do you work on satellites too ?

well done for sure

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Brian, you sure packed a lot of ww machines in a small space!

-- The greatest risk is not taking one...

Is the lathe center at your elbow height?
Is the bandsaw at a good working height?
Thanks

-- Quicksilver

dude where do you store the BEER?

That cart is almost too beautiful to be in a shop actually :) And very well designed! >adds as fave <

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

This is a good idea, really pretty slick. It’s a good space saver. I especially like that you keep all the dust in on space from using the tools, makes it easy for cleanup. Not saying you don’t make a mess elsewhere; I know I do. Wink, wink.

Neat idea. Looks like you can saw with your left hand, turn with your right hand and plane with your left leg while standing on your right leg. You can do the work of three guys. Be safe.

-- Stormy: Sometimes the wood just tells you what it wants to be.

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

@quicksilver – I made the height with the lathe in mind, do it is just right. This makes the bandsaw table higher than normal, unfortunately. It’s at about mid-chest. I actually like it high, though, since it brings the work closer to my face. It would become a problem if I put in a riser block, since then I could be sawing something but unable to see the top of it. As is, though, it’s a very comfortable working height.

-- Brian

Very well thought out and executed. what are going to do with all the extra space in the shop?

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Noe THAT is economy of space. Nice work!

-- Lee~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green

I freakin love that!

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Tell us about that Porter Cable Bandsaw… I have been thinking about a grizzly but that seems to have better specs.