Low or high?
Most of the machines I’ve used have the tables at approximately thigh level, and that’s where mine currently sits. I’m trying to make my shop a little more efficient and am finally getting rid of the massive Dewalt Miter saw stand… I’ve been considering building a new shorter rolling cabinet for my planer to fit underneath. I figure the new cabinet could only be 14″ tall to fit under the new stand, which would only put the tables at ~17″ tall. Seems a little short to me. However it would allow me to set up a more permanent dust collection to the cabinet.
My other option is to leave the planer alone, store it in front of my lathe when neither tool is in use, and of course just leave a connection for it. This has the advantage of letting me get back to real woodworking a bit quicker, and gives me the flexibility to actually raise my planer to standing height if the current level begins to bother me.
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Why not make the outfeed table of the planner the same height as your workbench or tablesaw? With adequate support on the out feed side make it easier to plane long boards.
I put my planer at stomach level because I felt that it would be easier than bending over. It didn't stay at gut level very long. Turns out it is more of a pain in the a$$ to repetitively lift heavy boards to that height than it is to keep them at thigh level and do some bending over.
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