• Workshop
• Workbench
• Planer
• Swing-arm
• Space saving
• White oak

Swing-arm planer workbench

An oiled white oak and maple workbench whose planer lives on a parallelogram of maple arms: swung up, its bed sits dead level with the benchtop so the whole 1.8m bench becomes the infeed table; swung down, it tucks under the right-hand end and the top is clear again. A bottle-green drawer bank fills the left bay.

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Passes Crava's checks for fit, strength and stability. Change any size, the wood or the finish in the app, and it is checked again.

At a glance

Overall W x D x H

2672 x 698 x 1290 mm105 3/16" x 27 1/2" x 50 13/16"

Parts to cut

54

Build steps

63

Boards

11

Sheets

4

Solid wood

45.1 bd ft

Weight

460.1 kg1014 lb

Materials

• Birch plywood
• White oak
• Hard maple

Finish

• Finishing oil - Hardwax oil, satin
• Clear finish - Water-based lacquer, matt, matte
• Paint - black, satin
• Paint - bottle green, satin

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Chisel
• Clamps
• Router
• Drill
• Table saw
• Sandpaper
• Brush

Hardware and fittings

• 2 x Bright steel shaft, 20mm, 630mm, with shaft collars
• 1 x Heavy strap hinge, 75mm, black
• 1 x Planer base: steel
• 1 x Planer infeed table: aluminium
• 1 x Planer outfeed table: aluminium
• 1 x Planer column, left: steel
• 1 x Planer column, right: steel
• 1 x Planer head: steel
• 1 x Planer height crank: steel
• 1 x Planer dust port: plastic
• 1 x Quick-release front vise, 230mm jaws, fitted with maple jaw faces
• 8 x Side-mount drawer slide, 450mm
• 4 x Cup pull, 96mm centres, matt black

Cut list

The first 3 of 33 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

The 3D model

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