Flip tool cabinets and tools

[sailor55330]

I've come to the realization that the only way for me to make my workshop area feasible is by using a couple flip top stands.

Are there any tools that shouldn't be mounted on flips other than the obvious--large floor tools, top heavy drill presses, etc.

Are there any long term concerns? I've searched the net with little success?

Curious for opinions and even better! Facts

Thanks

[chopnhack]

Don't put a sliding compound miter saw on one... for that matter don't even pick one of those things up unless your d a m n sure the slider is locked.

[dbhost]

Agreed on the SCMS. The can be a bit, uh, wiggly when moving.

I Not sure why you wouldn't put a bench top drill press aside from that HF monster (#38142). Smaller bench top mortisers are a good candidate as well. Just design your height around the size of your machines.

[chopnhack]

I have space issues as well as probably everyone else on this site
I would think a pretty good use of one flip cart would be a sharpening / grinding / sanding station on one side planer with extension wings on the other.

[LCHIEN]

i would question the wisdom of putting tall and or top heavy items on a flip top cart.

Tall items (DP, mortiser) would make the required swing area large

Top heavy items (again, a DP) would make it hard to flip because the counterbalancing forces would have to be large. Torque required to turn it = distance (i.e. height of the heavy part) x weight

equipment with Floppy parts - miter saws, Sliding miter saws, also tend to shift unexpectedly when transferring.

sanders, planers etc make the most sense to me.

[cabinetman]

I have space issues as well as probably everyone else on this site
I would think a pretty good use of one flip cart would be a sharpening / grinding / sanding station on one side planer with extension wings on the other.

I'm thinking the same way. Tools of like size and weight. Another consideration would be to consider tools that may not require infeed or outfeed support.

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[3thumbs]

I built the Wood magazine flip top work center a few years ago. I have a Dewalt planer in the left side and a Ridgid sander in the right. I don't think I'd want anything heavier than the planer in there. If you made a taller version to accommodate something like a drill press it might be really hard to raise and lower safely.

[sailor55330]

Can anyone think of any tools that could sustain damage by being suspended upside down assuming they were secured properly?

[chopnhack]

I can't think of any situations for the most commonly used tools in the flip carts... the bearings are under gravity whether upside down or right side up and being circular, it should make no difference.