TerryKing wrote:
Can anyone point to a supplier of casters that easily retract (and
hopefully easily extend)?

I need to be able to roll my Radial Arm Saw on it's moderately heavy
base from place to place. But I really want the base to sit on it's own
legs when it's parked-for-work. I have casters with 'locks' on them on
my planer and it's never stable, and moves a bit way too easily - a bad
solution.

Also, any DIY - weldit ideas welcome...

Thanks!
Regards, Terry King ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage
(Back ...In The Barn In Vermont for the Summer)


I used Norms worktable idea.

http://www.newyankee.com/getphoto2.cgi?0207.jpg

Casters from Lee Valley.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,240&p=40133

The casters are on hinged boards that swing up allowing the
table to stand on its legs. Stepping on a plank pushes a
series of levers down on the casters lifting the table and
locking the casters into place. Lifting the plank releases
the casters dropping the table back down on to its legs.

I have a Radial Arm Saw, a Bandsaw, and a 400 + lb. Planer
mounted on movable tables that fit into a space between
two 8 ft. permanent workbenches.

Gives me a RAS with a 18 ft rip fence and a Planer with
8 ft. in and out feed tables.

Thinking of a way to build another movable table for my
Drill Press, one with a top surface that will crank up
and down so I can vary the height of the drill working
surface in relation to the two benches.

My Table Saw is movable as well as my Jointer and
Dust Collector, along with my newest acquisition
an Expandable Roller Stand

http://www.general.ca/pagemach/acces/saw.html