Today we finished off the task of building two extension tables for our Planer Machine. On Saturday, we had our double thickness OSB boards all set from the gluing and it was sliced down to required size. Then a clearance hole was made in one of these OSB platform for the large knob sticking out the end of the metal table platform (this knob adjusts the depth of cut the planer does) and also we made four wooden legs with an extra plastic cabinet adjustable foot fitted and glued up inside the end of each leg. Today, we mounted these legs to each extension table, bolted on two metal arms and assembled the table to the end of the planer. While we were adjusting the height and level of the new extended table, using our 6 foot spirit level, we noticed that the wooden surface wasn’t quite flat and had a bulge here and there. So we spent the next hour or so sanding the high ridges until it was all flat all over. We did the same with the second extension platform and then proceeded to set each one into place, using glue and screws to fix the wooden bases to the metal arms (plus using several clamps to hold it together while the glue dries).
Planer-Extension-Table-made
We now have a 3.4metres (11feet) long platform (1.7 metres, a bit over 5½ feet, on each side of the planer blades) and this will, We Hope, Fingers Crossed(!!), bring a much better and more consistent results of achieving a straight and flat edges and surfaces on our Oak Timber!! Tomorrow will reveal all! Grin!