DIY Mobile Planer Cart With Passive Dust Collection | Woodworking

I don't have a dust collection system in my shop, yet. I was amazed at how much fine dust my thicknesser/planer threw into the air, making it a real pain to work with. Any time I wanted to flatten a board I would have to prepare for a barrage of dust which not only affected my health, but would also coat the shop.
This mobile cart doubles as a dust collector and the results were quite impressive. It uses the planer to push the chips and dust into a box, where furnace filter fabric traps the fine particles.
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[@Richard-wk9le]

If I may make a suggestion - with your system your getting positive pressure buildup almost any size vacuum that reduces that pressure will help the planer blower do its job and you should see better performance but you have still built a great little dust collector no matter.thanks

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks.

[@rrpp1425]

Informative. Thank you.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks

[@jackdotzman2908]

Great video. Liked the roll away stand/dust collecter concept. The chips and dust collection is a problem without a central vacuum system. Getting ready to purchase a Dewalt 735 planner, your video was very helpful to what can be done to control the dust. Thanks for taking the time to explain how you controlled the dust on your planner. From, Kansas City Missouri USA

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Jack Dotzman it’ll work great for that, I’ve heard that planer has a very powerful fan for extracting chips

[@FixitFingers]

Great cart... but I most enjoyed the irony of announcing the Shop Stool Podcast... sitting on an esky 😂

[@ScottTurnerformeindustrious]

Good job, simple and effective. I have recently bought the dust collector; great investment for the table saw and many other tools.

[@BigTspecV]

Just started using my new planer today and was looking for a solution for the dust. Had no idea the amount they let out. This is what I'm aiming at now great video better idea keep it up brother!🍻

[@Badgerworkshop]

Great solution to the problem

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks Matt

[@hidingfromu5293]

Hmmmm. I think for the top filter I might use a furnace filter. Or air conditioning filter.

[@AbamAdy]

what a superb idea...will try this method once i got my thickness planer

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thank you

[@davisfarris]

Brilliant idea.

[@andrew5792]

Robin, good design - As the chips generally bigger from a planer, instead of dumping into the bin put it on the garden as mulch. We also use it for chook bedding.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks! Already offering it off to the in-laws for their chickens. This week I was working with cypress so it's probably the best smelling chips you could possibly have!

[@clayvansickle1]

Just don’t use walnut chips in the garden, it will kill your plants. Don’t ask how I know. 😀

[@RobinLewisMakes]

That’s some good info to know!

[@bradholland2797]

Great idea Robin. Just bought a thicknesser so it's my next project..cheers

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks, enjoy the new machine!

[@ADHDbuilt]

Shop vac will suck up those chips much easier. But this does the job! Put a product alert on pickles and gumtree, they will pop up pretty frequently.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Pickles up here hardly has any good stuff! I look at it twice a week, most of the time it’s shop fit outs. The problem I had with my vac is the blower forces harder than the shop vac can suck, so it ends up making it worse. Guessing a bigger vac would work though

[@ADHDbuilt]

Anthony Tobba that's the one I have. Would recommend.

[@opasworkshop8373]

Awesome idea Robin I especially like how you made the vacuum!

[@antonmessina5304]

Great vid Rob, i have the same thicknesser and this cart is perfect!!! Cheers mate!! 🤙

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks Anton

[@MitchellDeitrich]

Nice work Robin!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks Mitch

[@KingPostTimberWorks]

cool ,this worked out sweet. i know it would be pretty expensive but a perspex box would be sweet.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks man. Hadn't even thought of that, but I was looking into trying to find a clear bucket.

[@debbydhill]

Great solution!

[@aa999xyz]

nice and simple but effective. The only thing I would change would be some locking casters to keep it from rolling all over the place? Thanks and take care

[@BruceAUlrich]

I have my planer connected to my dust collector with a 4" hose, and I still get some chips coming out the front of the machine. It is not much, but there are a few. Just to let you know, you're is acting about right. That will be a nice solution for you!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks Bruce. Yeah, until I get it hooked up to a proper shop vac it's a decent work around

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

great idea! I didn't know the planer would be able to blow the chips so well wiithout extra help :)

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks mate. Dust collection would certainly help, but this'll do for now

[@Borsch_TV]

Super. Very usefull box)

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks Anastasia

[@MrRadtech22]

Well done sir

[@sumosprojects]

Nice addition Robin, you’ll struggle even with dust extraction to get rid of all the chips & I think the dust chute on the Thicknesser blocks up, I was watching a demo on a Laguna industrial Thicknesser & same thing but everything helps mate 👍

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Interesting, I'll have to look that up

[@ecaff9515]

Great video and process. Keep up the great work...

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thank you!

[@warrenjordaan6086]

Great job Robin.Maybe look at a Japanese saw for the cuts you were making.

[@wilc]

Great idea!! You could try to off set the bottom dust door hinge for 100mm or so. So that when try to empty the box you can hang the wheels end on the edge of your bin (Like what you did in the video) and still be able to let the door drop open fully, if you get what I mean?

[@RobinLewisMakes]

I know exactly what you mean! Give it an edge to rest on so the door can open freely. Great idea

[@RiaanOliver]

Just what I have been waiting for thanks man. I have a similar Hafco thicknesser which I have attached a small shop vac to and it does not work very well always clogs. Looks like using the 100mm extraction pipe is the way to go. Thanks buddy shop is coming on nicely.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks man. I tried hooking my little vac up to it, haha it did not work! Using a big pipe, especially smooth pvc, makes all the difference

[@RiaanOliver]

Robin Lewis will give the pvc pipe a go and will let you know how I got on. Cheers.

[@LordKaladar]

Like the project! I just got a planer a week or so ago and need to get it mobile as well. I'm also planning a miter saw station along one wall and it would be nice if it could maybe be a little shorter and stow away under it somewhere. I have a basic shop-vac, and so far I've had it hooked directly to the exhaust. It fills up pretty fast, though!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks! Being able to store it away is a big bonus

[@kaycox5555]

Great ideas!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks!

[@MakingStuffco]

Good project man, really nice!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks mate

[@rootvalue]

Not into the music, or the idea of needing music for something that’s already interesting. Thanks for sharing your build.

[@reggiejenkins6458]

Hakeem Hasworth hush, grandpa.

[@rootvalue]

Reggie Jenkins lmfao ok boomer

[@reggiejenkins6458]

@@rootvalue If I called you grandpa, what is the likelihood I'm a boomer? To quote the great 20th century philopher Martin Payne- "EDUCATION".

[@rootvalue]

Reggie Jenkins nice quionintonitiation boomerino

[@modestmaking5314]

6:20 I knew you had magic powers!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Hahaha

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Nice work! Those machines are pretty messy!

[@RobinLewisMakes]

The first time I used it there was red saw dust everywhere, haha

[@CoffeeKen]

@9:27 I know this is a few years old and you said you didn't have a shop vac at the time, but mate, what's this green contraption in the background? lol

[@hobbitilius]

Why didn't you put the short horizontal boards on the inside of the posts? The gloe joint would've been better and the casters would also have had a better surface to be bolted to.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

That would also work

[@norbertdavis8903]

Love the project as I’m looking to get a planer soon. Even with the locking casters do you find that with longer pieces that the cart still wiggles due to the swivel part of the casters still able to move?

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Thanks! There's a little movement, particularly as the timber hits the rollers, but it's not bad at all. I actually use it without locking the wheels

[@demetriusrosselinedossanto3988]

what percentage of dust collection efficiency?

[@terencenewlin5265]

What air flow? I don't think those chips are blown with air.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Some models have a blower which work great for this. This machine just pushes the chips out with enough force to make this work

[@terencenewlin5265]

@@RobinLewisMakes Looks like my Delta. Exactly. It will clog up everytime without the cyclone hooked up to it.

[@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230]

Nice build! I had to turn the volume down though. The music of chose is pretty terrible, sorry mate.

[@jamespolucha8790]

Ther is no vacuum in the box???

[@govenr]

doesn't need one as the planer blow out the chips in a way you don't need one. Nice work however a much more simple solution is to hook up a power tec dust bag to some PVC and rout it to the side of the planer. I use mine every day like that and works fantastic and much easier to empty vs the box he made.

[@GrinfilledCelt]

lol What's a pud cost?

[@RobinLewisMakes]

I'm not sure...where in the video do I say it?

[@modestmaking5314]

It really depends where you live. I buy puds in bulk so they cost about $1 each. So that's what a pud costs.

[@ClairdACDC]

Id like to come and check out your shop and have a brew................ hit me up on facebook if you want.