Joe Blow wrote:
I have a delta 22-580 planer and I am thinking of making an mobile
stand for it. Does anyone have or can point me to plans for a good
stand?

I think, of all tools, the planer would seem to be one of those whose
stand would be the most "personal". Unlike most tools, the planer comes
pretty close to standing completely on its own; outside of perhaps a
spare set of blades, most people will have *no* extras to go with it. So
unlike most other tools, you don't (usually) have a wide range of jigs,
accessories, etc.

So, considering that, the only thing a planer stand need to do, planer
wise, is hold it up firmly and high enough to be convienent to do (*).
It is a little heavy, so I might want to make sure it has some weight at
the bottom or a wide base. Otherwise, it should *really* be up to you.
Me, I have my pancake compressor in the lower section. If that gets
upgraded to a big-boy, the space will probably be replaced with drawers.
Your space under the planer should be determined by you, and it is an
easy enough plan to figure out (or even do by the seat of the pants).
Perfect place to screw up too; better on a shop stand then a later project.

PK

(*) - One exception is if you use infeed/outfeed support. But, in this
case, making a mobile stand is probably not terribly useful. And, for
the most part, the comments still hold.