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Well this is my first project to post on Lumber Jocks. I have a small area to work in and when I saw this design in one of the Wood Working mags I decided to give it a try. I had a scroll saw and a wood planer that I needed a stand for and I decided that this would be the perfect combo since the idea of me needed both at the same time would be slim to none. The modifications that I made from the original design were: The Pivot Point for the table called for a 1" wood dowel - My mod was to use a 3/4 in" steel rod. The original did not have a a block on the side for the pivot point. - My mod was to recess a 1/4" into the side blocks for the pivot Pin and and then glued them into place. I had one of those furniture moving dollies that cost about $8 bucks and the wheels were perfect so I redirected their use. To keep the cabinet from moving around I made 4 adjustable stops that I can level the cabinet out if needed and at least least can keep it from rolling around. So here is my first of I hope many more!

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Good job. I love mine. Easy to rotate the tools and a real space saver.
 

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Well done. I keep seeing these being posted and keep telling myself that I've got to make one for my Ringmaster and Planner. Maybe this week.
 

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Ken-Nice job … good call on the pivot point/rod. Maybe there's no problem with using a dowel, but I think it is oftentimes a good idea to over-engineer stuff like this.

This is coming up on my to-do list, so your caught my interest. Thanks for posting!
 

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Nice build Ken…. I did one of these recently and it was worth the time and effort….just wish mine looked as good as yours
 

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Nice. I have been wondering about these carts too. Did you put the pivot in the middle and then adjust placement of the machines to find the optimum balance point?
 

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Looks nice, but I have no idea how this works. How come you other guys can figure it out???
 

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"Looks nice, but I have no idea how this works. How come you other guys can figure it out???"

Don. Lot's of people have built them so we've seen them here before. The top spins around on a pivot point and locks into place to bring a different tool to the top. It lets two tools take the shop space of one.
 

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Marty with this setup I was not worried about the balance. I knew that I wanted the planer in the center and the Scroll Saw I mounted so that the work area was close to the edge as possible. I don't have a big problem in revolving the table. I have seen them with a drill press on one end and because of the ARM of the weight I imagine that would require more consideration for the other side to help offset it.
Thanks to all for the comments!
 

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I had one of those furniture moving dollies that cost about $8 bucks and the wheels were perfect so I redirected their use.

Absolutely. Those $7.99 on sale dollies from HF are the cheapest way I know of to get four 3 inch ballbearing casters. Now if I can just figure out how repurpose the "carpet" covered frames!

BTW, One project plan like the above is in Woodsmith #111 June 1997 pg 32.
 

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Nice work! I just completed one of these for my lathe and jointer. I like your idea for leveling. I may have to give that a try.
 

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The levelers were made using 6" lag bolt a 1/2" nut embedded in a 4×4 x 3/4 plywood cap. The Turn Knob was made from 3/4 plywood, I then found some stainless steel cd rack rods and drilled a hole through the knob into the lag bolt on to the other side of the knob. This beat using more hardware than needed.
 

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brasco… lathe and jointer on a flip top?
how much weight can these tops manage?
I too will be doing a project like this one (who has not, yet?). Planer and… havent decided yet :)
 

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I need something like this for a planer and a drum sander, but both tools weigh about 70 lbs. each. Two questions. Do you think this design is strong enough to handle it? Second, how difficult do you think it will be to flip back and forth between two heavy tools using this design?
 

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Wendy-I have a similar situation … my planer and miter saw both weigh close to 70 pounds.

Though the fundamental design is the same, for my stand the build will be more complicated.

I am milling construction grade 2×12 lumber to build a framework … I may even put a drawer in the bottom.

I think it might be better to have the tools relatively close in weight. It would seem it would be more difficult to flip if one tool weighed 70 and the other weighed 30 … just a WAG.
 

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That´s a very nice Flip Table. Looks great!
Good job. Keep going for that woodworking B-)
 

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The original design called for a 1" wooden dowel for the center point. The design also had the dowel sitting in a 1/2" recess on the side panels. Now I have a firm belief that wood is strong but I did not want to take the chance of later on the dowel wearing to the point that the center were to fall out. That is why I used a 3/4" threaded rod cut down to about 6" slid the threaded rod into a copper tube to act as a bushing and then I added stop blocks on each side to prevent the rods from moving sideways. So the only weakness is going to be the crush facor on the plywood which I don't know the PSI it would handle but I bet at least 300 hundred pounds would be no problem. I hope this ansered your question.
 
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