Got a new old toy today

97redjeep · October 25, 2020, 12:09:03 AM

Picked up a older king Canada benchtop planer today, I can feel the projects building up already ;D

Just need a jointer and table for my router and I'll be set. And maybe a bandsaw

firefighter ontheside · October 26, 2020, 09:29:26 AM

YEah, a planer is a very valuable tool. I had a planer long before I had a jointer. You don't realize how much you've missed a jointer til you have one. Love my bandsaw too.

kantuckid · October 29, 2020, 10:43:41 AM

There are some really good router tables & kits out there nowdays. Mine came from a Highlands Hardware Kits longtime back but I see even better stuff now. It has concrete blocks underneath for weight stability. I never pull the router off that table as lots of ebay, etc. routers for hand work.
Planer is essential for me but in the beginning a jointer was a get by tool that evolved from a 6" Craftsman to an 8" big fellow. They work together in tandem to create a usable board for furniture work unless your into hand planing/jointing :D
Bandsaws are essential to wood lathes and beyond.
Might want to look at an adjustable frame wheel kit for your planer? I have wheels on TS, planer and bandsaw along with my wood working bench.

97redjeep · October 29, 2020, 10:49:04 PM

This stand is on wheels, and I'm liking it for ease of storage. It isn't adjustable but at 6'3" I don't mind it being high lol the day I got this planer there was a Jointer for sale also, I missed it though, my wife saw it on Facebook and I don't have it ha ha Ha when I called back it was already spoken for. There was a whole pile of stuff for sale, it was a liquidation an old timer had passed away and they needed to get the shop Empty as soon as possible, there was a really nice lathe as well but it was spoken for, I forget the make but it's all 3 of us could do to get it in the truck, it reminds me of a lathe in my school woodwork class. I did however get a good score on a few clamps for $10. I asked how much and they said $2 each, there was only a half dozen on the wall, I said no I'll give you $50. Continued looking around and decided I should go, went to pay them and they'd only take $10 for all the clamps.

doc henderson · October 30, 2020, 07:30:59 AM

nice score, and way to treat people redjeep.

kantuckid · October 30, 2020, 08:17:56 AM

By "adjustable", what I meant is that there are rolling stands with lockable casters made for stationary machines. They all have steel angle sides with rows of holes to adjust for a range of machine base sizes. Come in a couple of sizes.
They contain the machine base within the angle steel and have rocker action on one set of wheels to keep a machine in place. Not a simple rolling base which obviously does work but lacks what the designed gizmos provide. ;D
Clamps like the steel I-beam Jorgensons are no longer made and high cost to ship ebay old ones. Mine are a gold mine of sorts.
Sort of like the clamp deal above, I sold a woman a table recently @ $350 and she handed me $50 too much based on the FB price in my ad. Id given her a comedown price over the phone.
I think it sort of embarrassed her when I handed back the 50$ bill but not much other choice really.

firefighter ontheside · October 31, 2020, 09:11:02 AM

Good deal. You can never have too many clamps, but you can run out of room to keep them. I buy most of my clamps at auction. I have about 8 fancy parallel clamps that I got at auction, but I actually prefer to use the pipe clamps. I have lots of those and many lengths, plus I use threaded couplings to make them longer if I need to. They are easier to operate than the parallel clamps too.

Ljohnsaw · October 31, 2020, 12:02:20 PM

Wall space is lacking in my shop so I went up:

This is an old set of pictures. It is completely full and doubled up on some of the hooks. And still not enough!

firefighter ontheside · October 31, 2020, 02:44:02 PM

Good idea John. Make use of all usable space. My ceiling is too high in the shop to do that, but it gives me an idea.

97redjeep · November 01, 2020, 04:48:58 PM

Ljohnsaw , that is a good idea, I'm in the same boat as firefighter, 18' ceiling, eventually I plan on building a mezzanine in the shop and that'd save me some space!

Played with the planer a bit more, saves a lot of sanding lol

Ljohnsaw · November 01, 2020, 09:00:45 PM

Quote from: 97redjeep on November 01, 2020, 04:48:58 PMI'm in the same boat as firefighter, 18' ceiling

I wish! Maybe that's why my cabin is going to have the basement with 10' ceiling. My shop is terraced, I've got 3 levels with a total length about 28' and 16' wide. Lowest has about ~9' ceiling, next is about 7'6"' and then down to 6'4" or so - that's where the clamps are hanging.

97redjeep · November 02, 2020, 11:37:27 PM

Got some more playing done today I should have bought one of there a long time ago hahaha

SwampDonkey · November 03, 2020, 05:08:35 AM

Quote from: kantuckid on October 30, 2020, 08:17:56 AM
By "adjustable", what I meant is that there are rolling stands with lockable casters made for stationary machines. They all have steel angle sides with rows of holes to adjust for a range of machine base sizes. Come in a couple of sizes.
They contain the machine base within the angle steel and have rocker action on one set of wheels to keep a machine in place. Not a simple rolling base which obviously does work but lacks what the designed gizmos provide. ;D
Clamps like the steel I-beam Jorgensons are no longer made and high cost to ship ebay old ones. Mine are a gold mine of sorts.
Sort of like the clamp deal above, I sold a woman a table recently @ $350 and she handed me $50 too much based on the FB price in my ad. Id given her a comedown price over the phone.
I think it sort of embarrassed her when I handed back the 50$ bill but not much other choice really.

I got mine from Uline, only not to mount machines, no holes pre-drilled. Mine has no lip on the top shelf, so stuff can be slid off or used as a bench. But built like a tank and will out last 3 generations. Holds 2500 lbs, I think that will do. :D Right now I store my whole house AC on it for winter, can slide it on and roll away.

SwampDonkey · November 03, 2020, 05:12:29 AM

Quote from: ljohnsaw on October 31, 2020, 12:02:20 PM
This is an old set of pictures. It is completely full and doubled up on some of the hooks. And still not enough!

Yup, can always use more clamps. :D

kantuckid · November 03, 2020, 06:17:44 AM

Google "adjustable machine bases" and their are many brands and price points. My e.g. is a base that the machine stays on, is low to the floor and becomes mobile to free up floor space but can be locked in place.
The only pipe clamps I use are a couple not often employed that are longers than my "I" beam crank handle clamps. In a perfect world a board joined exactly, etc. a twist handle clamp work fine but I like acme threads and a crank handle other than my large stash of the new style one handed, reversabile to a spreader, squeeze clamps. FWIW, avoid those low quality ones sold by HF like the plague! I tried a couple and found them to have loosened their force overnight-a nono in glue ups. I like Wolfcraft best of all those squeezers but all the name brands in the heavier ratings are VG.