Roller stands

[memzey]

If I were in the market for that level of duty I probably would have gone for the Axminster ones but I'm only a hobbyist and my workshop floor is actually very smooth and flat, luckily for me. I'm very pleased with the stands I got. I have some 6'6" lengths of 2x4 I need to plane up and the in feed table on my P/T is only about 3' long so they will come in handy.

 

[JonnyW]

I own the Axminster heavy duty roller ball stand. An absolute beast of a stand - weighs a tonne and is a capable stand.

I liked the ball roller option as it's handy when I'm struggling to cut ply at the table saw on my own. You can flip it down and turn it into your standard roller stand.

I was also looking for the height (one of the highest in the market), as I needed it to hold material at my drill press. The thing sits on a castor unit, so the table can sit quite high.

Would definitely recommend.

Jonny

 

[Tortion-Stephen]

Don't know if it's any use but ITS have the green Record stands at buy one get one free.

http://www.its.co.uk/pd/RPR400-Record-R ... RPR400.htm

Cheers,

 

[memzey]

Thanks but those green Records have horrible reviews. The blue ones Paul and I have are very thick gauge square steel stock and made in England. I think those green ones might be the result of cost cutting or something because they appear to be completely different beasts.

 

[Tortion-Stephen]

Ah, good to know!

Thanks.

 

[user22161]

Got a bit fed up with the roller stands moving, particularly when using them under large sheets so bought one of these which is much heavier and versatile, also better as outfeed for saw - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wolf-Combi-Wo ... 2212675364

Come under different badges and prices.

 

[RogerS]

In my experience, roller stands are a bane to use especially if your floor is not 100% level or if they are cheap roller stands like most ones that seem to be on the market these days. There is no stability in the roller top relative to the base and it just flops around, when the material approaches it, part of the stand is above the plane and so the timber catches it and pushes the roller stand over.

So what to do ? Simple and I picked this tip up from Jason over on woodworkuk. The critical support is needed for the outfeed - floppy roller stands are fine for the infeed as the material just sits on the top. The only caveat is that when the timber comes off the roller stand as it is fed through, if the distance from infeed roller stand to the infeed table is too long and/or the timber is too thin and whippy then it will dip and send a flexion along towards the timber going over the cutter block and you'll get snipe. I digress.

Take some 18mm MDF, fit an short aluminium angle bracket at the end with a couple of slots in. These slots go over these two bolts that were tapped into the end of the outfeed table. You can just see them here.


At the other end, a simple hinge and a vertical piece of anything down to the floor will support your new enhanced longer outfeed table. If you are feeling posh then put a couple of adjusting feet on the bottom so that you can tweak the enhanced outfeed table to be perfectly co-planar with the actual outfeed table.

 

[memzey]

Very clever Roger! I too have a Sedgwick MB but never noticed any threaded holes in the table ends. I'll check to see if mine has them next time I'm in the shed.

 

[RogerS]

Very clever Roger! I too have a Sedgwick MB but never noticed any threaded holes in the table ends. I'll check to see if mine has them next time I'm in the shed.

You won't find any! I simply drilled and tapped them myself.

 

[MikeJhn]

My main outfeed table is my workbench, its about 2mm lower that my router table, PT and saw table, all are on castors so can be arranged how I want to suit what I am doing at any time.



Mike