Flip-top Bench for Planer

[LCHIEN]

round tuit

what is a "round tuit"?

just pretend your wife asked you to take out the garbage (substitute your least favorite chore) for the third time and say out loud, "I'll do it as soon as I get a Round Tuit"

[cabinetman]

just pretend your wife asked you to take out the garbage (substitute your least favorite chore) for the third time and say out loud, "i'll do it as soon as i get a round tuit"

That's funny.

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[toolguy1000]

didn't realize it was a play on words. maybe a regional thing.

[Cubsfan]

Ok, got it finished! It actually works pretty well. I made a small adjustment to the locking part of it. I moved the supports to the underside of the bench, instead of on top. That way when the planer is flipped over I have an unobstructed work surface. I plan to get a couple of barrel bolts to lock it down as well.

Overall, really nice project. A little more expensive than I would have guessed it would be (I'm guessing around $200), but a very large upgrade from what I had before.

[Pappy]

Looks good. I agree with adding a better locking system. A planer can vibrate enough to shake those flip board loose.

[dbhost]

didn't realize it was a play on words. maybe a regional thing.

Maybe not a New York thing. But I have heard people in Ohio, Indiana, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas using it... Sorry for the confusion... I sort of thought it was a common thing... In high school wood shop, my freshman project was making a dozen "round tuits" out of pine. The shop teacher / school actually had a wood burning head that looked sort of like a giant coin, and it burned a Spartan head (my High School mascot) with the words "Official Round Tuit" on it... We took a 1.5" hunk o dowel, and sliced it up with a crosscut sled that had a V-pocket for holding the dowel dead steady. Simple zip, zip, zip through the slices, then sand em, burn em, and finish them...

We were to dig them up later if we didn't feel like doing our homework so we could get, you guessed it, a round tuit...

The dumb things I remember from high school!

[dbhost]

Ok, got it finished! It actually works pretty well. I made a small adjustment to the locking part of it. I moved the supports to the underside of the bench, instead of on top. That way when the planer is flipped over I have an unobstructed work surface. I plan to get a couple of barrel bolts to lock it down as well.

Overall, really nice project. A little more expensive than I would have guessed it would be (I'm guessing around $200), but a very large upgrade from what I had before.

That came out really nice. I am a bit shocked at the cost though. I guess it uses a bit more hardware / wood than the Shop Notes versions I am planning on. Of course the one you built has a lot more storage space it seems...

[tommyt654]

Cubsfan,That looks really nice. I agree the barrel bolts should do the trick for keepin it more secure. Great job

Tommyt

[Cubsfan]

That came out really nice. I am a bit shocked at the cost though. I guess it uses a bit more hardware / wood than the Shop Notes versions I am planning on. Of course the one you built has a lot more storage space it seems...

My problem is that I didn't really try too hard to minimize cost, since I didn't think it would be too bad. I was wrong

It was something like:
2 3/4 Plywood sheets @ $45 = $90
4 Locking Swivel Castors @ $13 = $52
1 Piece of 2x2 3/4 plywood @ 10 = $10
Wood for the webbing ~ $30

Those are pretty close estimates, so I'd say around $180 I guess? Buying the castors from Amazon and getting the $25/sheet plywood would have probably dropped the cost to around $110 or so I'm thinking.