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She be mo-bile! - bobs64ford352 - 03-01-2016
Got tired of muscling this thing around my tiny shop and having it sit out in the middle. I welded up a bit of scrap metal and slapped some casters under it. She moves around nice and smooth now.
Bob
Re: She be mo-bile! - RedBob - 03-01-2016
Very cool, Bob. What's the gray stuff on the top side of the cart?
thanks,
Bob
Re: She be mo-bile! - bobs64ford352 - 03-01-2016
Thanks, I glued in some felt to protect the paint on the machine.
Bob
Re: She be mo-bile! - Steve N - 03-01-2016
It was to make tool bases that prompted me to take my first welding class a long time ago. Always glad I did,
Re: She be mo-bile! - Tapper - 03-02-2016
Nice job - mobility is a good thing!
Fortunate to have a nice sized shop but ALL large tools are on wheels.Doug
Re: She be mo-bile! - Splinter Puller - 03-02-2016
Looks great!
Re: She be mo-bile! - John Mihich - 03-02-2016
Good job.
Even Norm had a lot of his tools on wheels.
I would love to have a shop large enough to have permanent place for my tools. But since I don't the only tool not on wheels are my TSs.
Re: She be mo-bile! - bobs64ford352 - 03-02-2016
Thanks guys, my shop is fairly narrow so leaving big tools out in the middle chokes up the whole space. At some point I need to make one for the 20" bandsaw, table saw and shaper.
Bob
Re: She be mo-bile! - DRAHandyman - 03-02-2016
Great job. Are these locking casters so the equipment doesn't move around when you use it? Always looking for ideas!
Re: She be mo-bile! - bobs64ford352 - 03-02-2016
I had to go with non locking casters, but this machine is heavy enough there wont be a problem. I wanted this machine to be a low rider to fit in the space along the wall, I wanted it to. The locking casters I wanted to use wouldn't work with this set up.
Bob