Am I using the term right? I have a small woodshop and have the perfect
place for a planer (right under my tablesaw's outfeed table) I want it
to rise to a human height. Has anyone seen a spring loaded or hydraulic
lift for a smaller (150 lbs) tool? Things are made for televisions to
pop out of dressers right?

thanks,

Tor

ATV jack, has wheels, hydraulic jack, big platform. Probably not very
precise, may wiggle. Usually rated 600lbs.+ I see them in Northern
Tool Catalogs and Harbor Freight.

Tom in KY, watching the kids ride their 4-wheelers on what's left of
the snow and ice.

Great idea. It appears that they lift from 11" to 14" depending on the
model. I hope that is enough. Out to the shop to measure.

t

If it works, LET US ALL KNOW!!!! I was kinda' kidding.
I wonder if it will be solid enough. I've been around a few and they
tend to rock and creak around when leaned on. Like I said though, let
us all know if it works. There may be a rush on these in the next
coming months by wood workers that will drive up the price and create
shortages in the ATV repair industry! Imagine what it will cost to have
new rings put in after your kid drives your 4-wheeler for 2 or 3 hours
with the choke on again. Or what the bill will be on your wife's
4-wheeler when you have the brakes replaced after taking her to your
favorite hilly area.(women do not down-shift ya' know?).

I'll bet on an industrious weekend, a good wood worker could make his
own lift based on the ATV lift design with the propper cross bracing to
make it solid enough to use with any 100 to 250lb. planer

Tom in KY, possibly giving too much credit to the capabilities of a
good wood worker who is about one industrious weekend from dumping his
planer onto the floor and getting hurt.

What about flip table designs? Every time I pick up one of those silly
woodworking magazines its seems they are full of weird shop designs for
DIY's. Hasn't anyone seen some convoluted way to raise a planer up two
feet?

t

wrote:
If it works, LET US ALL KNOW!!!! I was kinda' kidding.
I wonder if it will be solid enough. I've been around a few and they
tend to rock and creak around when leaned on.

What about building some kind of braced vertical guide rails to support
it against horizontal loads, so the jack is supporting only the vertical
load?

Chris

Yes, chris, that seems to be the trick, but thats quite a lot of work.
My planer needs about 14 inches of clearance, so I will need to find
some unusual atv jack that gets up that high, before I even get to
start stablizing it.

t

It still seems strange that no one makes anything like this, just for
this purpose.

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:22:25 -0800, tor wrote:

Am I using the term right? I have a small woodshop and have the perfect
place for a planer (right under my tablesaw's outfeed table) I want it to
rise to a human height. Has anyone seen a spring loaded or hydraulic lift
for a smaller (150 lbs) tool? Things are made for televisions to pop out
of dressers right?

thanks,

Tor

Look at the Production Tool or J & L Industrial Tool catalog for a
roll-around die jack. Used to slide smaller dies into / out of presses.
Can take a lot of weight without excessive wiggle.

Bill