Jim O'Dell
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I need to get the mobile base built for the new table saw. I have the design worked out. I'll use a 4X4X81" Douglas Fir on front and back. Four more pieces to cross brace it, one at each of the ends, and 2 for the cabinet to sit on.Where the saw sits will be routed out so that the saw will sit down in a well of sorts so I can get it at the right height.
I'll use 6 of these for the base to sit on and to level it. But I need something for them to screw into. I'm afraid that the regular T-nuts won't be stout enough. With the saw, torsion box extension, the mobile base, casters, built in storage on the right side, and the hardware, I'm guessing it will be somewhere between 800 and 950 lbs. The feet are rated at 500 lbs each, so I know they will be ok. The studs are 1/2", 13 tpi. I wanted to use the floor stanchions that black pipe threads into, but the tpi must be different as a 1/2" 13 tpi bolt won't thread into it. Am I going to have to make something myself? Some 1/4" steel plate with a extra longnut welded to it? I'd like to find something commercially made if anyone knows of something that will work. McMaster-Carr did have a cast alloy threaded piece in a 3/8 16 tpi thread, but it isn't rated for what weight it holds. Did look heavier duty than the T-nuts. I could go to the feet that are 3/8", they're rated at 250 lbs each, still plenty of headroom. But I do like the larger floor pad that the 1/2" version has...about 1/2" larger in diameter.
The casters will pivot down and lock into place on each end. These bad boys are rated at 500 lbs each! They have grease zerks for the wheel bearings, and for the pivot bearings! I think they will do the trick. And they are only 9.25 each.
Any other ideas? Know of anything else that might work? As always, thanks for any info you can offer!! Jim.
I'll use 6 of these for the base to sit on and to level it. But I need something for them to screw into. I'm afraid that the regular T-nuts won't be stout enough. With the saw, torsion box extension, the mobile base, casters, built in storage on the right side, and the hardware, I'm guessing it will be somewhere between 800 and 950 lbs. The feet are rated at 500 lbs each, so I know they will be ok. The studs are 1/2", 13 tpi. I wanted to use the floor stanchions that black pipe threads into, but the tpi must be different as a 1/2" 13 tpi bolt won't thread into it. Am I going to have to make something myself? Some 1/4" steel plate with a extra longnut welded to it? I'd like to find something commercially made if anyone knows of something that will work. McMaster-Carr did have a cast alloy threaded piece in a 3/8 16 tpi thread, but it isn't rated for what weight it holds. Did look heavier duty than the T-nuts. I could go to the feet that are 3/8", they're rated at 250 lbs each, still plenty of headroom. But I do like the larger floor pad that the 1/2" version has...about 1/2" larger in diameter.
The casters will pivot down and lock into place on each end. These bad boys are rated at 500 lbs each! They have grease zerks for the wheel bearings, and for the pivot bearings! I think they will do the trick. And they are only 9.25 each.
Any other ideas? Know of anything else that might work? As always, thanks for any info you can offer!! Jim.
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