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Date: 17 Dec 2006 17:40:05
From: marc rosen
Subject: in praise of mobile bases
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I'm certain this has been posted before but here's another great
example of how much fun a mobile base can be. My Dad was helping me
during a production run of planing 32 boards, 6 inches by 6 feet, 4/4
thick. I was feeding the boards and he was catching and stacking them.
We needed to run them again but instead of transferring them to the
original feed side I simply turned the planer around and passed them
through. Cut the work time down significantly.
On a different note, I was amazed how quickly the 30 gallon first stage
of my DC filled up (twice) with all of the shavings.
The best part though is that I got a rare chance to do something fun
with my Dad. He also helped with the ripping and rabbeting of the
boards. I know he really enjoyed helping me and I made him aware that
without his help it would have taken me a few hours longer if I had to
move boards off the outfeed table and stack them. Made the cost of my
woodworking gear seem a lot less than it really is.
Marc
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Date: 18 Dec 2006 03:02:20
From: resrfglc
Subject: Re: in praise of mobile bases
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Now, that's a neat trick!"
"marc rosen" <duckbite@qis.net > wrote in message
news:1166406005.101438.272650@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> I'm certain this has been posted before but here's another great
> example of how much fun a mobile base can be. My Dad was helping me
> during a production run of planing 32 boards, 6 inches by 6 feet, 4/4
> thick. I was feeding the boards and he was catching and stacking them.
> We needed to run them again but instead of transferring them to the
> original feed side I simply turned the planer around and passed them
> through. Cut the work time down significantly.
> On a different note, I was amazed how quickly the 30 gallon first stage
> of my DC filled up (twice) with all of the shavings.
> The best part though is that I got a rare chance to do something fun
> with my Dad. He also helped with the ripping and rabbeting of the
> boards. I know he really enjoyed helping me and I made him aware that
> without his help it would have taken me a few hours longer if I had to
> move boards off the outfeed table and stack them. Made the cost of my
> woodworking gear seem a lot less than it really is.
> Marc
>
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