Planer Mobile Bases Reviews

So good that I bought two more and might buy another soon. Nice and strong, solid, goes together easily. I don't use it for any DeWalt tools, so just drill my own holes to suit.

Being a woodworker, I was very tempted to build my own stand for my Dewalt 735 thickness planer. I seen this stand and thought I'd give it a try, mainly because of it's wheels. I've had it for over a month now and absolutely love it. This stand is made out of nice thick metal, very sturdy, and even lets you decide how you want to assemble the wheel mechanism. This stand is very stable, easy to roll, and easy to clean up.

I do feel that the assembly instructions could use a bit more detail to help assemble the product, however, that could easily be up to the user.

I would also like to mention this stand is not necessarily made specifically for the Dewalt planers. It does have instructions on how to mount non-Dewalt planers. If you do have a dewalt planer, it has 2 pre-printed templates for both models so you can easily see which holes to use on the tabletop.

Excellent quality, excellent price.

This is the one! I looked at them all. I have owned many other different mobil bases. This is the only one on the market that I will use or recomend. A simple solution to a heavy problem. Wheels are in close, no bending over, sits flat, minimal space, works great. Other manufactures should look here and start a redesign.

I researched and researched the different types of mobile bases. The Vega is the only one that rests securely on the floor. It also doesn't require you to bend over to loosen and tighten the wheels. Extremely well thought out.

This is a rugged, sturdy table for benchtop type of planer. You wouldn't wnat to run 12" 8/4 board through it without using a roller stand on both sides lest you risk tipping the planer stand over. But otherwise, it's a very useful item.

If you asemble one, follow the descriptive text for assembly, noting the letters used to denote each part (washer "P" or "O", etc. IF you do that, asembly shouldn't be difficult.

I found the that the bolts for attaching the planer to the stand were bagged separately from the other nuts and bolts so there was little chance of using the wrong bolts.

I used a 1/2" wrench and a 1/2" socket without any problems. You do need a socket for tightening some of the nuts.

Assemble in a clean area; if you drop a nut or washer, you want ot be able to find it as there are just enough of each parts, including nuts, bolts and washers to put the stand together. Don't count on there being spares if you drop one into the pile of waste cuts you haven't gotten around to picking up.

I find that the top panel is more than sufficient for it's purpose. Some have said that it could be thicker, but the weight of the planer rests near the perimeter so you shouldn't expect to notice any flexing in use. Also, near the perimeter, the panel rests on front, back, and side bars, which at the top extend several inches toward the interior.

A plus, the panel is predrilled and marked for the DeWalt planers, although you can countersink and drill holes to hold other benchtop planers.

The stand is rigid and uses lockwashers on all of the nuts where lockwashers would matter. I expect to get a long useful life from this stand, and I know my back is going to appreciate it. ;-)

MY HUSBAND IS VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PRODUCT. VERY STABLE, EASY TO ASSEMBLE, EASY TO MOVE AROUND. IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT WHICH WE WOULD RECOMMEND HIGHLY TO ANYONE WITH A DEWALT PLANER.

Very sturdy stand that moves almost effortlessly. Expensive, but you'll love it when you don't have to lug around your portable planer from the floor to a bench to use it.

Same as previous. 36-680 does not fit on this base. I hade to go and but a universal base and will be shipping this one back.

I bought this 50-277 machine base, plus the 50-284 extension (ASIN B0000223CH) to use with my Powermatic 64 tablesaw, which has the 50" fence and table. I was a bit worried about whether this part was properly sized for the Powermatic 64's foot dimensions, but it was just fine.

It's exceedingly easy to raise and lower the third wheel.

With the third wheel lowered, it is pretty simple for me to move the table saw around my limited garage floor space. The garage floor (cement) is divided into 4 sections, and the base allows me to roll the machine over the recesses between sections without much difficulty. When the third wheel is raised, I feel pretty comfortable that the machine will not be moving while I'm using it.

I wish I had purchased this years ago. I just bought Delta Mobile Bases for my table saw, band saw and drill Press. Will soon be buying one for my planer. Great product, well made, moves easily and stays put when the foot pedal is not engaged. Highly recommend.

I have been running the Jet 16" planer for just two days and shredded six V-belts.

The machine came out of the box well tuned and solid. The manual was very detailed and well written except for an error in the V-belt tension adjustment section. Assembly was easy, although I could have used a 240 V plug at the end of the power cord.

My problems with the machine came when I started feeding in my rough cut Douglas Fir lumber. I have a large supply of wide stock (1x15 inches). A few hours into running my lumber I started to experience stalls and a lack of power. Looking over the machine showed a plume of fine black dust coming from the V-belt housing. The three belts were badly worn.

The motor is mounted on top of the blade and roller assembly. The only means of adjusting the belt tension is to move the heavy motor up and try to tighten the bolts, a two man operation. The bolts are easy to reach but dificult to accurateley adjust. There is no self adjustment and a large margin of error epecially as the belts heat up.

The next day after installing new belts and a call to Jet's tech support number I tried to get to work again. (The manual has an error in describing how to tighten the V-belts.) Sadly, the second days results were the same as the first with less that three hours of machine use the V-belts were shredded.

So far Jet has not been able to offer fix other than sanding down the cast belt drive wheels. Perhaps the wide stock is to much for machine? This is a new model to the market so I can't be sure if the issue is with my machine or the design.

However, I can't wait to find out, I will return the 16" Jet and look for a planer with a better drive system.

First off, this is a GREAT planer. Specific things:

It comes with a 4" dust hood that works well, as long as your dust collector is off the left side of the machine. Reversible, or even rear-exit, would have been nicer.

Second, this thing takes forever to assemble. I spent about 12 hours putting it together. Part of this is because it is incredibly heavy. If you have an engine hoist, forklift, or Neanderthal available, you'll be fine. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend trying to lift it with two people.. it really needs four.

I ended up removing the motor to lighten it up a little. That helped, but added a 3-4 hours to the assembly process.

Third, delivery was a little sketchy. I couldn't get it delivered for free without a liftgate. If you've got a loading dock, consider yourself lucky.

Fourth, why not include a power plug? It comes with a ~5 ft cord, no plug. Delta's Unisaw is twice the price, but it comes with a long enough cord and plug.

Random thoughts:

The stand is sturdy enough. I'm sure some people would prefer an enclosed stand, but it isn't currently available.

The infeed and outfeed rollers are very sturdy, and are adjustable for up/down and the angle of feed. This is helpful in case they are warped for some reason.

Conclusion- great planer, the assembly process should be simplified, and it is HEAVY! The bill of lading said 573 pounds; Amazon says 396 pounds. It's probably somewhere between the two.

I just got my new jet 16' planer and as in the previous review set up was somewhat time consuming, and the machine is very heavy. I have only run a few pieces of pine and maple stock through it with mixed results. My initial opinion is that this is tool that will take more fine tuning then I normally would have to do and more experience in order to get the results I expect. On the plus side this planer will really hog some lumber. I tested the power of the planer by running a 9 inch wide piece of hard maple (the widest I had on hand) and the planer never hesitated. The height adjustment is clear and easy to read and adjustment is quick and easy. One more feature that I am impressed with is the four handles that slid into the base. These handles were helpful when assembling the planer and later on when moving it around my shop. The mobile base is a must with the size limitation I have in my shop

I would not recommend this mobile base. The planer stand barely fits, the legs are 1/2" off of the base. Also there is no way provided to attach the stand to the base. It would seem to me that this base is made for a different application, or the engineer that designed it never attempted to put the stand in the base. At a price of nearly $100.00 I expected a much better fit. Personally I would recommend puchasing a universal base at around $50.00 and making it fit. The only reason I gave 2 stars is because it is well constructed.