how are you getting 8x4 sheets onto the bed and off again without damaging them or yourself.
iv a small shop so it is awkward to do.
I'm looking at building some kind of cart that will roll them in and tilt them up level with the bed
how are you getting 8x4 sheets onto the bed and off again without damaging them or yourself.
iv a small shop so it is awkward to do.
I'm looking at building some kind of cart that will roll them in and tilt them up level with the bed
Alan...
If they are prefinished and you slide them, you scratch them. Here is one from my archives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsFt-CMsbvs
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not prefinished but you never know. mostly bare mdf or plywood.
I lean them against the table and carefully slide them on. After they are cut, I have a mobile outfeed table that I slide the sheets onto for sorting and labeling parts. This way I've got a clean table ready to start cutting the next sheet while I'm sorting the previous sheet. I use a 1/8" piece of MDF as a sacrificial board under the sheets. This way my spoil board is never cut and the sacrificial board doesn't seem to effect the vacuum hold down.
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There are a couple of ideas here.
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/sho...cum+sheet+lift
is that a home made set up or is it fully off the shelf.
is it really expensive
Shop Carts are a bit pricey, near $1500 with shipping, but allow you you to load or unload vertically or horizontallly and have a hydraulic jack so they can be set to the height you need. They will hold 11 or 12 sheets of 3/4” material and. The pivot point allows one person to tilt a full load eithe6r direction. The casters are large and high quality. I have two, one purchased at an auction, and they have been trouble free for 15 years or so.
You can slide prefinished onto the bot with ease and no damage.
Last edited by waynelocke; 10-01-2017 at 10:53 AM.
This is how Rob Bell does it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0GHflYyT0
+1 for the Shop Carts. Pricey, as mentioned, but invaluable if you're in a production environment.