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Default How to make a bandsaw semi-mobile?

You can build your own stands. I built mobile bases with retractable
wheels for my Radial Arm Saw, Band Saw and Planer (400 + Lbs). When
down off their wheels the working surfaces of the three tools is at
exactly the same height.

I have a workbench made out of two 8 ft. sections. The three mobile
tools roll into a space between the two work benches making a flat
surface about 19 ft. in length. My workshop is 22 ft wide. This setup
gives me almost 10 ft. on either side of the equipment as infeed and
outfeed.

With a mobile table and some roller stands I have resawn (spell ?),
ripped and surface planed timbers over 16 ft in length.




Toller wrote:
I have a 19" Grizzly bandsaw coming in tomorrow.
As it stands, the table height is exactly the same as my table saw so I can
put them next to each other and save much needed space, and they can act as
each other's outfeed table. (other then the obvious need to get the blades
precisely in line, any problem with that concept?

Ocassionally I will cut something really big (once a month?) where the
bandsaw column will get in the way of what I am cutting on the table saw; so
I would like to be able to move it; all 380 pounds of it. If I put a
mobility base on it it will be higher than the TS.

Any suggestions for making it semi-mobile that won't add height? I thought
about removing the wheels from my HTC base and bolting them directly to the
bandsaw base (is the metal even thick enough for that?), but that would mean
drilling a lot of fairly large holes in the bandsaw.
Someone suggested using a two wheel cart/dolly (you know what I mean, but
what are they called?), but it seems like a lot of weight for that. For me
I mean; I have a very heavy duty cart that should handle the weight. My son
is very strong and could probably move it by himself (on the cart of
course), but he will be away at school most of the year.

I suppose I could put a half inch of wood under the tablesaw to make it
equal to the bandsaw plus base, but that seems sloppy.