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Handling plywood sheets
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:14 pm
by tdubnik
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?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:04 pm
by robinson46176
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.
It should be a nice quick project and super useful.
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:12 pm
by Ed in Tampa
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.