Rousseau 1000 Mobile Planer Stand
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Product Details
Manufacturer: RousseauModel: 1000
Product features:
- Mobile planer stand with 3-inch industrial locking casters
- Sturdy folding wings provide 93 inches of overall stock support for reduced snipe and easy material handling
- Adjustable 28-3/4-by-22-inch mounting platform
- When not in use as a planer stand it provides 10.8 square feet of additional work surface
- Weighs 88 pounds shipped
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rousseau 1000 Mobile Planer Stand
Customer Review: Good stand, demanding assembly, experience helpful.
Summary: 4 Stars
Before becoming critical, let me say that the Rousseau Mobile Planer Stand Model 1000 is a good product and one with which I am basically pleased. Some issues with it probably can be attributed to inexperience since this stand is for my first planer.
My problems stem from the assembly instructions in the owner's manual which tended to use 10 words when 30 would have sufficed. In retrospect, studying the picture (a picture being worth a thousand words sort of thing) was at least as informative as the instructions. The advantage was that I got to spread a 2-hr job over 6.5 by having to assemble it twice.
The "recommended tools" layout was complete and good, as was the parts list...except that the description of the parts was limited to two-word descriptions. By carefully examining the picture of the two shelves, you can see that the top shelf has a thick base and a "Rousseau" decal on the left side. The bottom shelf has a thinner base and the company decal on the right side. What you cannot see (and they don't tell you) is that the left and right wings may look alike, but aren't. They are almost identical but you have to arrange them so that the thumb button release on the wing supporting mechanism faces you...but you can't see this either in the parts list or in the picture...and they don't tell you. I found the "Set Up Instructions" poorly worded and skimpy. Step 3 was actually incorrect. The instructions were to install the cross-pieces "using top hole of bottom shelf bracket & bottom hole on top shelf bracket." No way, José! The only way mine would fit was to use the third hole of the top shelf bracket. Step 5 was a beauty: "...set top shelf below wings equal to base height of planer wings." What?! Returning to the picture for a moment, they do not tell the buyer that some planer manufacturers do not necessarily set the wings perfectly in line with the base as perhaps suggested in the picture. The wings on my new planer (a Makita) certainly are not. Other makers probably do something similar but this problem was not addressed in the instructions, meaning the new owner must decided whether to align the stand wings with the planer wings or with the planer base. I suppose it is time to call in some experienced planer owners and make the final adjustments.
Description of Rousseau 1000 Mobile Planer Stand
Portable Stand Designed To Fit Planers With Wider BasesThe Rousseau Co. Model 1000 planer stand will make planing easy, safe and fast. Its features include a convenient working height of 36 inches and sturdy folding wings that provide 93 inches of overall stock support, for reduced snipe and easy handling of material. The generous 28-3/4 by 22-inch mounting platform is adjustable to accommodate a wide range of planers and four three-inch industrial casters lock firmly, anchoring the stand in place while in use, but they also glide effortlessly for convenient repositioning and storage. When not in use as a planer stand, the 1000 provides 10.8 square feet of additional worksurface.
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