Well, a week later than I wanted, but here it is.
I was able to get the saw on the mobile base by myself...Or should I say I got the mobile base under the saw.
I tilted the back of the saw up, slid 2 pieces of 2X4 under the back edge, then did the same for the front, only used 4X4 pieces under it to gain some height. I had mounted the two cross pieces that the saw sits on to the back portion, so slid it under the saw some, knelt down and pushed up the back edge of the saw with one hand, and pulled the 2 pieces of wood out, then pushed the base forward. Put some wood under the cross pieces so that 3 sides of the saw were supported by the base, pulled the front pieces of wood out and bolted the front piece of the base to the cross pieces. At that point, the saw was on the base, but I had to do 4 lags from underneath for the cross pieces at the ends. That was slow going, but not hard. Really simple to do. Then I had to stop and get cleaned up and eat lunch before guests came to visit rescue dogs. After that I went back out and installed the casters to see how that worked....SMOOTH!!!! I like!
More pictures...This one shows the lag bolts holding the long section to the cross pieces. The lags are 7" long for the 1/4" on top, and 8" for the 3/8" ones on the bottom.
Wider shot of the base.
The next few show the casters bolted on to the base.
And this one shows the saw after rolling it close to it's final destination and pulling the casters off.
It rolled very smoothly. I'm very happy with the outcome. I did have to take the dust floor loose and shim under one corner of the saw. It wanted to rock from the right front to the left rear in the pit of the base. 2 pieces of Laminate did the trick. I need a 45 degree el and cut some pipe and I'll be good to go on the dust collection. Then move the overhead guard so it will be in the right position for this saw. I cleaned the top again, and put a thick coat of Boeshield on it to let dry overnight. I'll buff and wax that tomorrow, and start remounting the rails. Not sure If I'll try to move them down or not. May play with it a little to see, but will probably not do any modifications until after the saw is out of warranty, just in case. Who knows, I may decide that this is all I need and leave it alone!?!
Oh, and the color is a little darker than the factory, but in the same family. I'm thinking it is partly the difference in brushing it on like I did, and spraying on what would have to have been a thinned version at the factory.
Thanks for all the ideas and support along the way! Jim.