Motorised my combination planer table

**woodtryer** · 27th January 2024, 06:50 PM

I recently purchased a Woodman 12" combination planer. Not realising that it had to lower the table to about 180mm ever time I wanted to go from jointer to thicknesser I soon got very tired of winding the handle.
So, about $140 later and a few hours work I now have it motor driven with variable speed to accurately set the height .

Here is a short video.

Cheers,
Peter

**markharrison** · 27th January 2024, 08:10 PM

I've got the same issue. I'd love to get more details on what you did.

**woodtryer** · 27th January 2024, 09:03 PM

Hi there,
If you can give me a day or two I'll take some photos and also post a list of the items required.

Cheers,
Peter

**delbs** · 27th January 2024, 09:19 PM

Whoa this is awesome, best I could do was a circle cut out of ply with a hole to accept the handle and a bolt in the centre to go into a drill to wind it much faster. Your implementation is next level

Would also love to get some details on how you did this

Cheers
Nathan

**double.d** · 28th January 2024, 07:45 AM

That looks like a copy of the same machine i have so yeah i would would like to know how it was achieved.

**woodtryer** · 28th January 2024, 11:41 AM

Here is the list of components required.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225917228489 PWM speed controller
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225917228489 20mm ID gear
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225917228489 8mm ID gear
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/17524137...r=474446778716 belt
12V-24V Geared-DC Motor - High Torque 30 - 630 RPM - Maker Store PTY LTD motor
https://www.makerstore.com.au/product/elec-lrs-150-24/ power supply
https://www.makerstore.com.au/product/plate-775-ra/ bracket

The motor I used is the 360rpm, 24v model. You could choose a different speed and then play with the gear sizing.
As for the gears, I used the same OD size and only the ID changed to suit the motor shaft (8mm) and the worm drive for the up/down (20mm).
The bracket for this motor works if you drill a couple of extra mounting holes which is no problem considering it only cost $4.95

Here is how I mounted the motor and please do not laugh at my lack of mechanical skills but it works really well.

IMG_4968.jpg IMG_4969.jpg

Yet again my pics are 90' out. The right hand side of picture is actually the bottom of the photo.

The wiring is all straight forward. I picked up 240v from the input terminal block on the combination planer and added a switch so that the power supply is not always on as I leave my machines plugged in. Also, without power connected to the motor you can still manually wind the handle up and down.

Cheers,

Peter

**double.d** · 29th January 2024, 06:22 AM

Awesome, thank you.

**Sterob** · 29th January 2024, 12:42 PM

Nice job. *golf clap*

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