I typically work alone in my wood shop. Often when I am cutting long stock and sheets of plywood I need a helping hand. For Christmas my wife gave me a nice set of three adjustable folding metal roller stand. They are nice, but they have a significant draw back, tipping over. If the stock dips a bit lower than what the roller stand is set for, the stand will be pushed back and knocked over.
This is a huge problem especially if a long, 8 foot or more, stock is being run through the table saw. More than once I have messed up a cut because the stock hit the roller and did not go on the roller rather knocked it down.
Norm Abrams from The New Yankee Workshop has an interesting design for a roller stand in the ‘workshop helpers’ episode. His design has four rollers on the stand. The stand’s base is as wide and deep as roller head. It is designed to be constructed out of basic materials that are available at your local home improvement store.
I will be building at least one of his roller stands. Now, where will I store it in the wood shop?
