hi there today I want to talk to you about my
jointer and how I plann to make it mobile
I bought this jointer about a year ago on Kijiji which is kind of like a
Craigslist here in Montreal. I paid $200 for it. It had a lot of rust on the bed
that I had to take off and it was missing a jointer guard so I made a
replacement and there's a video on my channel if you're interested in seeing
that. I also had to get the fence back into alignment things like that but
otherwise it was pretty good investment. it's been working out really well so far
the only thing is that when I got it, I didn't have enough room in my garage and
it's really heavy, so it landed in an awkward spot. you can see I have some
gardening stuff behind it but mostly it's right in front of my garage door so
in the summer I can open up the door and I can joint long boards but in the
winter not so much. so my plan is to make this tool mobile so I can move it around
in my shop and kind of turn it around if I need to use it and put it back
somewhere else when I'm not using it so that's the plan for today and hopefully
what I show you today will not only apply to making a jointer mobile but any
large heavy tool that you want to be able to wheel around in your shop, so
let's get started!
so this was the original Design I came up with. it was super simple just a basic
frame and out of two by sixes and half lap joints I put some caster wheels
underneath it sit your jointer on top and maybe bolt
it down. however I realized that this design would add six inches to the
height of my jointer and I really wanted to avoid that so I came up with another
simple design. because every jointer is different you'll likely need to come up
with a custom solution for yours but I wanted to point out a couple key
considerations that went into this build I cut down some leftover two by tens I
had into two by fives to make a simple base that would fit inside my jointer
rather than underneath it per se I use Gorilla Glue in combination with decking
screws to make sure this would be solid as a rock the most important
consideration in my opinion are the caster wheels now they can be expensive
but you don't want to cheap out here my jointer weighs a lot I have no idea how
much what is old-school so it must weigh two to three hundred pounds you'll want
to get 3-inch heavy duty caster wheels with decent locking mechanisms I
recommend buying the best quality you can afford you don't want to risk your
jointer moving on you while in operation don't forget to buy screws while you're
at it I decided to use these heavy-duty hex screws but you could use regular
number twelve or number ten screws just remember if you're using regular screws
you'll need to add a washer otherwise the heads will slip right through the
holes in the casters
all right so it worked out pretty good a couple pointers though that you should
keep in mind if you wanna do this at home too first off I and like I said you
want to make sure that nothing is going to get in the way of your feet here or
your body so I made sure to keep the stand within the actual same width as
the Machine was to begin with number two you want to make sure your wheels are as
much out on the corners as possible to keep that stability but most importantly
you have to keep in mind the girth I guess you call it of your caster wheels
when they turn around how much room do they need
my needed a full six inches and that's why I built my base out a little bit
from the jointer to make sure that when I turn the machine these wheels have
room to swivel and I can go 360 and that won't be a problem now the tool is
pretty stable on the base but just to be safe I want to tie it down to the wooden
piece using this metal strapping hey if you like this video please give it a
thumbs up and I love to hear how you guys are making your tools mobile in the
comments below thanks for watching see you next time