Customer Reviews

DELTA 50-322 Planer Stand (For 12D 12-1/2DELTA Planers)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I bought this stand for my 12 1/2" Delta 22-560 planer and it's great. It was super easy to assemble and it's rock solid. The working height is about perfect.

I considered building my own stand but a woodworking show vendor recommended this stand and he was right. If you have a 12" or 12-1/2" Delta planer, this is a great platform for it. The top is some kind of MDF but and it's hard as a rock. If you have another brand of planer and it fits on this top, I suspect it would be easy to drill mounting holes for it. The Delta 22-560 is 23 5/8" x 21 1/2" (L x W) and there's a couple of inches to spare in each dimension on the stand. I'd imagine most portable planers in the 12" to 13" class will fit.

Apparently there is also a mobile base specifically made for this stand (Delta PN:50-323) but I've not seen it in person. Since my shop is on the small side, I may buy the mobile base as well.

I will add an adjustable height roller table to use as an out feed surface and that should complete the planer workstation in my shop.

As you can see from the picture, this stand consists of four legs, four upper brackets, four lower brackets, and a table board.

I started by attaching the upper brackets to the legs. When I went to attach the lower brackets, I found that there was so much material projecting beyond the bolt holes that they would not fit inside the legs. I spent two hours at a bench grinder removing about 1/4" of steel from each end of each of four lower brackets to get them to fit. Then I had to paint the ground-off areas to keep them from rusting.

Once I finally got the stand assembled, I went to bolt on the table board and found that the mounting holes in the board were off by a full TWO INCHES compared to the holes in the stand. Back to the drill press for more modification.

Folks, these parts simply do not fit together. Delta should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for allowing a product like this to get to market. This borders on outright fraud. And Amazon, you should TAKE THIS PRODUCT OFF YOUR WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY until Delta fixes their design and/or manufacturing problem. Customers, PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT until you see a review here or an announcement by Amazon that the problems I and other reviewers have outlined have been fixed.

It is really pathetic that a once-proud American company like Delta cannot design and build a simple four-legged stand without screwing it up this badly. I am only rating it one star because there is no option to rate it what it deserves, a ZERO.

I purchased this same stand through Amazon a year or so back and it went together like a gloove and I have been very pleased with it. I would give it five stars. I ordered another one a couple a weeks ago disregarding the poor ratings at Amazon. When it arrived the box was half open. Luckily all the componets were still inside but the top was damaged on one corner. When I assembled the stand I found that the four top braces were a inch and one half to short. I assembled it anyway with great effort and sure enough the holes in the top would not line up. Will have to drill new holes if I don't decide to send it back.
Shame on Delta for letting a quaility table get out with wrong parts in it. Seems there are quality and packaging issues here!

The planar stand could not be put together without grinding off some metal so that the cross piece bolt holes could be aligned with the holes in the legs. Once the metal part of the stand was finally put together. the platform top had no set of pre-drilled holes that would align with the holes in the metal structure for attaching the platform top. So I had to drill a set of holes. When finally put together, it would not fit into the mobile base designed for this stand. All in all, badly designed and extermely difficult to execute for parts that are supposed to fit together (a characteristic for which I paid a premium). In the future I would not pay for Delta designed stands or mobile bases.

This delta planer stand was very easy to assemble, sturdy, of good height and well worth the price.

I purchased a portable planer and found that I needed that extra work space that could be freed up by using a stand. I found this stand to be tip resistant without taking up too much space. It assembled quickly with the help of my 2 and 3 year old sons.

I couldn't believe it when only a few small pieces of the stand arrived (in a very large box) It didn't even resemble a stand! The top, all of the legs, three of the feet and two side braces were all missing.
I was pleased, however, with Amazon's return policy.

I got this item without any bolts to attach it. I emailed amazon and never got any response to this issue.

For the price of this stand, you can't beat it! sturdy as a rock.If after mounting your planner on this unit, if it tips over on you, your pulling it over with a truck! First class merchandise

Everything went in about 30 minutes without any problems. The stand is well made and the top is pre-drilled to bolt the planer down.