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   whitedogstr8leg | Sep 07, 2009 11:13pm | #1

    Maybe one of those "carts" drywallers use to lift drywall up to the cieling.   Take cart to plywood area, slide a panel onto cart,  roll cart to table saw, and tilt the cart's frame to the tablesaw.   Adjust the frame so that it is level with your tablesaw's top.  These carts have "rollers" so you can move the panel across the floor. 

   " Although I have the right to remain stupid, I try not to abuse that right"
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   xirebos | Sep 07, 2009 11:19pm | #2

   If you aren't going to make a jig yourself, what about this panel lifter
   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=62580cat=1,41080,51225&ap=1

   Haven't used one myself, but looks handy - no pun intended.

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   DuaneR | Sep 07, 2009 11:32pm | #3

   Your link is only going to an index page 

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   Dave45 | Sep 08, 2009 12:49am | #4

   My shoulders are still ok, but the rest of this ancient body isn't what it used to be. (I once told my kids that I wasn't half the man I used to be and they said that I probably never was. They're outta the will again!! - lol)

   I've worked out a scheme that lets me avoid humping full sheets of ply about 90% of the time. I have my TS sitting at the garage door and my outfeed table/workbench is deeper in the garage. When I buy the ply and cut it down into carcass parts, I clear the bench, back the pickup into the driveway, set up two roller stands, and slide the ply out of the truck, over the stands, and onto the saw.

   When I (rarely) store full sheets in the garage, I usually slide it out and into the pickup then go thru the process I described earlier.

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   roc | Sep 08, 2009 02:03am | #5

   Only going to an indexYah that drives me crazy when it does that instead of the page I want to post. Here are some pics. Took me a while to find the thing too.rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   Edited 9/7/2009 7:04 pm by roc

   
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   roc | Sep 08, 2009 02:31am | #6

   Here is another option, is what I use.https://www.finewoodworking.com/ToolGuide/ToolGuidePDF.aspx?id=2659In the article he shows how to tilt the table on one side, put the sheet on then stand up with table and sheet. Not difficult if you can bend over ok. I don't have physical problems , some say all my problems are in the head.: )I have a small shop though so this is how I cut sheet then fold the table and put away.http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=47273.11rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )Edited 9/7/2009 7:33 pm by roc

   Edited 9/7/2009 7:34 pm by roc

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   jonnieboy | Oct 17, 2009 06:55am | #7

   Duane,

   Hello. I know this thread is a month or so old, but when I saw it I remembered something I saw very recently while browsing the FWW site.

   This plywood cart looks like a great design. I don't really need one, but I almost want to build it anyway.

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopPDF.aspx?id=2825

   --jonnieboy

   Edited all my misspellings.--jb

   
   

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   Edited 10/16/2009 11:58 pm ET by jonnieboy

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   200jumps | Jan 07, 2010 01:52am | #8

   take a look at this product. it has a roller, easy to get the sheet up and easy to control. have not bought one, but am strongly considering.

   http://www.ezee-feed.com/

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   bduffin104 | Jan 07, 2010 03:01am | #9

   The hardest part for me is getting the material out of the truck and into the shop, especially 3/4" 4 x 8 particle board or MDF. I should just find a teenager for that. Once in the verticle storage rack I have for sheet goods it's a matter of technique getting the sheet on the saw. Having an outfeed table that wraps around to the left side of your saw helps. Just pull the sheet from the rack, drop the top edge down 90 degrees and into your hand held at the balance point, it will only be heavy for two seconds, pivot the sheet 90 degrees and set the edge on the saw table and slide it further onto the table. Now you can take most of the wieght off you hand and work your way around and lower the sheet down to the flat position. If your table is good an waxed up then manuvering the sheet throught the saw from this position shouldn't be too difficult. Or just have your supplier cut the sheets down before hand, that would be easier.

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   bones | Jan 07, 2010 09:02am | #10

   I never liked hossing a full sheet up onto the ts. I would reccomend going to lowes and getting a 2" thick sheet of solid insullation. Not the cheap foil backed stuff. I can easily stand on it and not dent it (and I'm a big guy). I lay it down slide the ply beside it and drop it on top. You can just lay a strait edge on it and cut your ply down with a CS. I use to use a Porter Cable CS with a Forrest 7 1/4" blade and got perfect edges. Upgraded recently to the Festool TS55 and it was a dream. I might even be willing to work you a deal on the Forrest blade if your interested. I use the gorilla gripper to move my ply around. cool little tool. BTW, I'm a one man shop so I have to do it myself.