Handling plywood sheets

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tdubnik
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Handling plywood sheets

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For all of you folks out there who are getting older like me; I'm sure that handling full size sheets of plywood has become a tougher task. I just saw this and it looks like a good solution.

Which one of you guys is goind to be the first to build it?
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tdubnik wrote:For all of you folks out there who are getting older like me]this[/URL] and it looks like a good solution.

Which one of you guys is goind to be the first to build it?

I posted a description of one like that I plan to build but the lady woodworker (in some publication) I stole the idea from had made hers with a jack system so she could raise and lower it so it would match the height of the load in her truck or her table saw.
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I have to admit that this one would be far simpler to build and therefore much more likely to be accomplished. :D
It should be a nice quick project and super useful.
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A Canadian company built and marketed something like this that was made out of aluminum. The combined it with a bridge arrangement that allowed a saw (Festool in this case) to move in a perfect x or y axis. The whole thing stored in very little space.
I don't think they are still in business. At the time I saw it I didn't realize the price of the Festool saw or vacuum that was part of the package and passed on it due to price. Today I would really consider it.

The thing that was really nice was like someone else mentioned that a lady built, this one would allow you to unload for a pickup truck right on to it. Since it had wheels you could then move it into your shop and as I remember a 4x8 sheet was totally supported so you could cut a 1' x1' piece off and it wouldn't fall on the floor. Really a nice setup.

Wise I had understood Festool better when I first saw it.
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