If you've been following along, you'll know I got a new jointer recently. I knew I wanted to build a mobile base for this tool to make moving it around in the shop easier. I found this one on woodgears that I really liked, but it wouldn't really work for this jointer because the base of my jointer is fully enclosed. I wanted a base that wouldn't require any modification of my jointer. What I came up with is basically a cart that the jointer sits on. The jointer is bolted to the cart with lag bolts through existing mounting holes.
I didn't take a lot of pictures along the way because I didn't really have a plan and was figuring it out as I went, so I'm using some shots of a sketch up model I drew up after the fact for illustration.
The base of the cart is composed of 2x4s for the sides and 2x6s on the ends. The pieces are joined with half laps.
The end vertical assemblies are made from 2x6, and they are jointed to the base with 5 x 5/8 inch dowels. The dowels are 3 inches long. This is not the absolute best joint here, but given the constraints it made the most sense to me.
The horizontal piece on the fixed side of the cart is attached to the vertical piece on that side by another 5 x 5/8 inch dowel joint.
The additional pieces at the back that form the mechanism for raising and locking the base are glued and screwed on. I used standard 4 inch residential butt hinges (door hinges) to attach the moving back piece. The rod just floats free, and angle of the moving piece at the back cause the rod to roll the right direction to lock under the notched pieces when raising the base and roll out of the locking position when lowering the base. This is pretty difficult to describe, so I shot a simple video to demonstrate how it works.
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