Shop Mobile Tools

Let’s face it, not all of us have a big shop with room to permanently store our tools where we will work with them. I have half a garage that the previous owner installed shelves where I store my tablesaw, a bandsaw, a router table, two rolling tool boxes, a drill press, an assembly table and a work bench. I basically use the inside of my garage for bandsw, router, dril press, and assembly. That means that I do most of my cutting, jointing, and power saanding outside. You can see my mobile cart for my sander, jointer, and sharpening grinder on my project page.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/2105

I recently acquired a new (used) Ridgid planer. It was too heavy to move comfortably, using my crutches, on top of my mobile table saw, so I got a Ridgid Miter Saw Utility Vehicle (MSUV) on sale and adapted it to my planer. As you can see in the picture below, it forms a stable stand for the planer, complete with infeed and outfeed rollers for those long boards we sometimes run through the planer.

When you are finished planing, simply tuck in the long roller extensions:

Then collapse the wheel end table top:

Stand the MSUV on its feet;

Fold the legs down;

There you have it: A miter saw—or in my case, a planer—on a two-wheeled cart similar to a dolly! Easy to move, too! In fact I moved this one without my boots or braces!

When you are finished, simply find a place in your crowded/disorganized shiop to park it until the next time you need it.

So simple, even a dumb Jarhead like me can do it! LOL! Sure saves on dust collection and sweeping!

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards