Mobile Base for Power Tools

byounghusband · 03-29-2007, 03:55 PM

I have built a new mobile base for my grizzly Band Saw. I got the plans from Wood Magazine. I had to modify their plans a little. It consists of a 3/4" x 4" maple frame with 2" x 2" x 1/8" angle iron bolted inside. There are 2" fixxed casters on the left end and 2" swivel casters on the right end. The board the swivel casters are attached to is bevelled 15 degrees and is attached to the frame with 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" butt hinges. It is actuated by a cam lever.

When using the Band Saw, the base sits on the leveler guides in this picture.

To move the Band Saw around the shop, the cam lever is rolled over and it presses on the caster baord which raises that end up and allows the casters to carry the weight of the Band Saw.

I also made one for my Drill Press, my Miter Saw and will build one for my Table Saw, because the Craftsman Mobile Base I have is a POS!!![xx(][xx(]

Alexander · 03-29-2007, 04:10 PM

Very cool !! Nice tools too, those things are so mobile now, you could roll them right into my shop !!

byounghusband · 03-29-2007, 04:13 PM

Sean,
ROFLMAO!!!!![:D][:D][:D]

I seriously doubt that those $4 casters would make it the 650 miles between shops....[:p]

stevers · 03-29-2007, 11:34 PM

I built a very similar one. It uses a cam device to lift the wheels off the ground. It works quite well. I found it in a magazine. It's been a year or so, so I cant remember which one.

03-29-2007, 03:55 PM	#1
byounghusband Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sachse, Texas, USA. Posts: 757 Photos: 34	Mobile Base for Power Tools I have built a new mobile base for my grizzly Band Saw. I got the plans from Wood Magazine. I had to modify their plans a little. It consists of a 3/4" x 4" maple frame with 2" x 2" x 1/8" angle iron bolted inside. There are 2" fixxed casters on the left end and 2" swivel casters on the right end. The board the swivel casters are attached to is bevelled 15 degrees and is attached to the frame with 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" butt hinges. It is actuated by a cam lever. When using the Band Saw, the base sits on the leveler guides in this picture. To move the Band Saw around the shop, the cam lever is rolled over and it presses on the caster baord which raises that end up and allows the casters to carry the weight of the Band Saw. I also made one for my Drill Press, my Miter Saw and will build one for my Table Saw, because the Craftsman Mobile Base I have is a POS!!![xx(][xx(] __________________ Bob in Sachse Turn or Burn..

03-29-2007, 04:10 PM	#2
Alexander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA. Posts: 126 Photos: 0	Very cool !! Nice tools too, those things are so mobile now, you could roll them right into my shop !! __________________ Sean Alexander Nashville, TN \" Show me someone\'s method that works EVERY time, and I will show you someone who makes at least one mistake ! \"

03-29-2007, 04:13 PM	#3
byounghusband Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sachse, Texas, USA. Posts: 757 Photos: 34	Sean, ROFLMAO!!!!![:D][:D][:D] I seriously doubt that those $4 casters would make it the 650 miles between shops....[:p] __________________ Bob in Sachse Turn or Burn..

03-29-2007, 11:34 PM	#4
stevers Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bullhead City, Az., USA. Posts: 3,000 Photos: 59	I built a very similar one. It uses a cam device to lift the wheels off the ground. It works quite well. I found it in a magazine. It's been a year or so, so I cant remember which one. __________________ Steve "The only "dumb" question, is the one you haven't asked yet!"

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