A Planer/Thicknesser I can get upstairs?

crackerjack · 5 Feb 2010

Hi

I've been wanting to get a planer thicknesser for a while now. I have a budget of up to a grand but don't mind spending a bit more I have to.

The garage I use for my workshop is fairly small and there's no room left. However, there is a loft area above it. The joists are a decent size 8x2" and there are proper stairs leading up to it.

It would be great for a machining room as it is huge. I could have a proper dust extractor up there.

Was thinking about the Metabo HC260 but a mate at work has one and ideally I'd like a longer bed.

What is the biggest and best planer/thickness member think me and a mate could lift up a set of stairs? I'm 6ft and 14st of solid muscle!!! Will of course get someone to give me a hand though.

Is there a model which has removeable beds which would help to get the thing upstairs in a couple of trips?

Thanks in advance, Jack

Chems · 5 Feb 2010

All of the major models will allow you to remove the beds. I know that you can remove the beds from the Jet260 and the longer bedded models which are around the price your talking. It would just mean very careful set up once its up. You could also look at a sled for the stairs if they are a straight run and a tirfor type winch.

Mr Ed · 6 Feb 2010

I managed to get my Scheppach HMS260Ci up the stairs to the workshop with the tables on. I'm in no rush to do it again though!

Ed

crackerjack · 6 Feb 2010

how much of the weight of a planer thickness does the bed roughly account for? Half, quarter?

Another option would be to go for a seperates as these are quite a bit lighter.

Ed - did you have to reinforce your joists, get an engineer to do some calcs, or did you just hope for the best?

would not · 6 Feb 2010

Guys that's just sick.. :wink: Were does the wife now sleep?

Mr Ed · 6 Feb 2010

crackerjack":8qklnq6f said:
Ed - did you have to reinforce your joists, get an engineer to do some calcs, or did you just hope for the best?

No, but it was built as a workshop by the previous owners. Fortuitously I have some steels in there which make the timber quite short spans.

What I did as a check was to measure the joist sizes and spans and then check the load it would give in the joist tables in Approved Doc A of the Building Regs. I think the latest version of this doesn't have the joist tables, but you can find the old one online and the info is still valid.

Ed