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   JohnWW | Sep 11, 2007 02:25pm | #1

   I apologize for not answering sooner, I just moved back to my home state while dealing with a very fatiguing illness so things really got backed up.

   I've never made or seen a simple system for raising and lowering a tool the size of a jointer. You can buy a table with a hydraulic lift made for use in factories and machine shops. I don't have the catalogs here, but I think that Grizzly and Northern Hydraulics both sell relatively inexpensive versions made in China.

   I think it would be possible to make a base cabinet out of two plywood boxes that were a close telescoping fit with a simple hydraulic jack that would raise the upper box with the tool on it. Once the tool was raised, pins could be inserted through holes in the two boxes that aligned in the raised position and the jack could be released to settle the upper box solidly onto the pins.

   John W.

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   trimfeld | Sep 11, 2007 03:53pm | #2

   Thanks for your reply. I'll have to investigate the hydraulics. It may be that the jack/plywood box would be the simplest solution. I'll have to do some designing. Thanks again. Trey