Hi all-
I have an old (12-yr) Delta 22-540 planer that works well but snipes pretty badly. I don’t use it all that often, so I don’t really want to upgrade it. I was thinking of putting it on a dedicated stand and putting a permanent extension table on the planer, which I think will help with the snipe.
I don’t have a lot of shop time these days so making something fancy is not an option, so I saw some past threads about putting the planer on the Ridgid miter saw stand and I was wondering if anyone (Forestgirl?) has done this and how it worked.
TIA.
Maybe someday I’ll know a little something.
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I have my Dewalt 734 mounted on the MSUV. I had to drill new holes for the bolts to hold it to the head, but that was no big deal. The rollers work well to hold the stock for both the infeed and outfeed tables. One tip, which has nothing to do with the MSUV: Make certain that you adjust both tables to be absolutely level with the planer bed
Regards,
Ron
OK, one question-when you say you had to frill new holes for the bolts, do you mean in the planer itself or in the MSUV surface?
Regarding the tables, mine is an oldie...the tables are detachable so there is almost no adjusting possible.
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
I did it, used a plywood sub-base so I didn't have to drill new holes. Here's a link:
http://www.woodworking.org/InfoExchange/viewtopic.php?p=86786#86786
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Thanks FG, looks great! Now, the trouble is that I don't think my planer has mounting holes. In fact I am sure it doesn't. Maybe this won't work after all...
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
Could it be clamped somehow?
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
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I suppose it could, but that kind of gets away from the ease I was looking for. I would be be worried that it would un-clamp and fall off while being stored.
I just found an old article someone wrote for Badger Pond regarding this particular planer and apparently it's not possible to reduce the snipe to near zero. I built a temporary table that sits in the planer bed but that seems so do nothing; probably because it's unattached and tilts a bit when the wood enters and exits.
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
Morning JJV..
If you have any dead space on the base.. you could drill..
Here's an alternative to the Ridgid made by Delta that has sliding mount plates for miters and their planers. Hope they give you some ideas. Even though you stated that your planer is going to get snipe.. you will reduce it by supporting long stock with those awful short tables.
Off to work (it's my Friday.. ha.. ha...)
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Sarge, I was thinking about doing a plywood sub-base like FG did and then adding some cleats to go underneath the planer. Then I would bolt the planer to the cleats. I have to check to make sure I have the space underneath to do that but I think it would work.
The thing is, I have the money for a new planer; just not sure I want to spend it on that!
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
The cleats would work JJ. Usually there's always a way if you look hard enough. And yep.. save the money if what you got is sufficient at the moment. If it turns out not to be in the future.. you un-bolt if from the stand and put your up-grade where that one sat.
That's as versatile as your can be and not a bad position as your next move (if any) is already accounted for if you up-grade.
Good luck.. off to the sweat-shop :>)
Sarge.. jt
Yeah that's true-I could also use the stand for my miter saw if it ever needs to go outside. I recently gave up that portion of my life (part-time contractor stuff) so I don't see it happening too much anymore, but it's nice to have the option.
Have fun at work. I'm already 5 hours into my day.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you........to you and Ron-in-Ottowa and JJV.
Last week I purchased two more MSUVs for exactly that purpose. Do great minds think alike? ;0)
I bought my first one three years ago to mount my PC 12" CMS. I've used it a lot at friends and family and love the set-up and portability. Over in a BT thread the other day I mentioned the only reason I had recently gone into a HD store was to buy these units. Their nearest store to me is 82 miles away (o/w...Aberdeen)
That's why I mentioned in another thread about finding a small jointer. I have my DW735 to mount on one of the new MSUVs. I just bought it and haven't had a chance to marry the two yet.
I see Grizzly has a small 'benchtop' 6" jointer. Wonder if that might work for me? I'm open to suggestions on a jointer. I have the third MSUV for one but can use it for a router table set up as well. My shop space is small, hence my trying to utilize the MSUV concept as much as reasonably possible. If, not, I'm sure I can find a buyer for the third one.
I'm just a retired hobbyist so portability to a jobsite is not the issue. The idea was mainly to better utilize good tools in a smaller space without a lot of dedicated large footprint setups. The MSUVs are a quick and easy quality solution for me....The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...
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Hey, glad to help!
In 1994 I bought a Delta benchtop jointer. It worked ok for what it was but make no mistake, the size renders it kind of useless for anything other than model making. The problem is the tables are so small. I remember seeing plans in ShopNotes for extension tables, but they would still make a BT jointer nothing more than a light-duty machine.
If you're thinking about putting one on an MSUV, I would recommend looking at one of the floor model Grizzly 6" jointers. They really don't take up a lot of space and with a mobile base it's even easier than a portable jointer on an MSUV.
My .02.
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
I also bought the MS-UV on sale, but never bothered to take it out of the box. I was considering returning it until I saw this post. A few days ago, I ordered a DeWalt DW-735 without the I/O tables. I was planning on building a 2'x6' stand to hold the planer and a 7-8 foot custom table inserted through the planer to eliminate snipe.I am setting up a shop in a small building (11'x19') so if I could save 16 sqft by not having the planer permanently set up, I would keep the MS-UV and use it for the planer. I understand that with portable planers (and either short or no extension tables) snipe is always present.Are the supports of the MS-UV adequate to eliminate snipe? How far apart do you typically keep them set (ie: always at max distance, just less than the board length, or so that the board picks up the outfeed roller just before it leaves the infeed roller)?
Thanks to all who responded with ideas and assistance. A quick perusal of the planer manual (yes, I still have it-back in the early days I really heeded Norm's admonition to "read, understand, and follow all the safety rules" so much that I saved all the paperwork to everything I ever bought) showed that there are indeed mounting holes for this planer-they're just inside the planer body. Picked up an MSUV today. I took the planer apart and mounted it exactly as forestgirl did. Works like a chahm (as we say here in New England).I still have to clean and lube the planer-I've never done it-and then permanently attach the extension table. I think I'll change the blades too, because that has not been done in at least 7 years. I still have the original duplicate blades too! As I said, it doesn't get a ton of use!Thanks again!
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