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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
I've been putting wheels on everything.
I was bored, messing around with some scraps and threw this together for fun. http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"-MIKE-" wrote in message ... I've been putting wheels on everything. I was bored, messing around with some scraps and threw this together for fun. http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. Cool Mike! I have been looking for a way to make a heavy work bench mobile and not. I am wondering if you could simply push down the lever with your foot to interlock with a spring loaded catch. |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg
or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. Cool Mike! I have been looking for a way to make a heavy work bench mobile and not. I am wondering if you could simply push down the lever with your foot to interlock with a spring loaded catch. Yes, like this guy: http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/jointer.html But I has that screw clamp from a crappy miter saw to recycle and couldn't resist. :-) -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"-MIKE-" wrote in message ... http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. Cool Mike! I have been looking for a way to make a heavy work bench mobile and not. I am wondering if you could simply push down the lever with your foot to interlock with a spring loaded catch. Yes, like this guy: http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/jointer.html But I has that screw clamp from a crappy miter saw to recycle and couldn't resist. :-) I was entertaining the feasibility of having casters screw down through the middle of each of 4 legs. That however would involve long chains to keep every thing synchronized or jacking each one down one by one like you have done. Thanks for the link. |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"Leon" wrote in message I was entertaining the feasibility of having casters screw down through the middle of each of 4 legs. That however would involve long chains to keep every thing synchronized or jacking each one down one by one like you have For a workbench, can I assume you've seen Norm's solution to wheels on a bench? All he does is lift one end a few inches, kick out the wheel supports and they drop in place to make his bench mobile. |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
On Jan 5, 4:14*pm, -MIKE- wrote:
I've been putting wheels on everything. I was bored, messing around with some scraps and threw this together for fun. http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg orhttp://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. -- * -MIKE- * "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" * * *--Elvin Jones *(1927-2004) * -- *http://mikedrums.com * * ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply Me likes. I like good ideas. (I have also been known to steal them....*running awaaaaay!!!!*) |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
Robatoy wrote:
Me likes. I like good ideas. (I have also been known to steal them....*running awaaaaay!!!!*) We're all thieves. I stole the basis of this from that other link I posted. And if you trace it back far enough, that guy inevitably stole it from the ancient Egyptians. :-) -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"-MIKE-" wrote in message ... http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. Cool Mike! I have been looking for a way to make a heavy work bench mobile and not. I am wondering if you could simply push down the lever with your foot to interlock with a spring loaded catch. Yes, like this guy: http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/jointer.html Like yours, actually, but without the screw. Just step down on the center, and shove a stick in there to lock them down. The couple of feet of leverage looks sufficient to raise a much higher load. But I has that screw clamp from a crappy miter saw to recycle and couldn't resist. :-) The mother of all evil is idle hands and a junk part box. |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
Yes, like this guy:
http://woodgears.ca/mobile_base/jointer.html Like yours, actually, but without the screw. Just step down on the center, and shove a stick in there to lock them down. The couple of feet of leverage looks sufficient to raise a much higher load. I looked to his for inspiration. His are very neat, clean, and perfect. I'm not inspired to make the stuff used to move my stuff, used to make nice stuff, nicer than the stuff I make. :-) This is like version 8 of all the ones I've done. I made a wood version of a metal cam wheel I saw at Woodcraft. I'll post something..... -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
This is like version 8 of all the ones I've done.
I made a wood version of a metal cam wheel I saw at Woodcraft. I'll post something..... http://www.mikedrums.com/castercam.mov or http://www.mikedrums.com/castercam.mpg -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"Upscale" wrote in message ... "Leon" wrote in message I was entertaining the feasibility of having casters screw down through the middle of each of 4 legs. That however would involve long chains to keep every thing synchronized or jacking each one down one by one like you have For a workbench, can I assume you've seen Norm's solution to wheels on a bench? All he does is lift one end a few inches, kick out the wheel supports and they drop in place to make his bench mobile. Yes I have seen Norm's however this bench may be several hundred pounds, I plan on having lots of storage drawers incorporated. I don't think lifting will be an option. |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
"-MIKE-" wrote in message ... I've been putting wheels on everything. I was bored, messing around with some scraps and threw this together for fun. http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mpg or http://www.mikedrums.com/benchwheels.mov Warning if you're still on dialup... it's 12mb. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply I did the sort of the opposite on the base for my table saw. I welded two 3/4" nuts on the frame, and ran 3/4" threaded rod through them. I just crank them down until some weight is carried by the rods. Greg |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
-MIKE- wrote:
This is like version 8 of all the ones I've done. I made a wood version of a metal cam wheel I saw at Woodcraft. I'll post something..... http://www.mikedrums.com/castercam.mov or http://www.mikedrums.com/castercam.mpg This is outstanding. One Christmas the wife gave me a Delta Mobile base (http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/art...seshowdown.htm) and all I used was the cam wheel. I have my table saw and jointer (old heavy iron) on one bench and I attached 2 large heavy duty no swivel casters to one end and the Delta cam swivel wheel to the other. The bench always rests on the two non swivel wheels but since they only move in one direction, the bench is super stable when cutting. I've thought of making a duplicate out of metal of the cam swivel (My brother welds, not me) but never got around to it. I think I'll work on one like you made out of wood... Do you have any nice drawings (sketchup wold be great) or detailed pictures? -- Jack Using FREE News Server: http://Motzarella.org http://jbstein.com |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
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http://www.mikedrums.com/castercam.mpg This is outstanding. One Christmas the wife gave me a Delta Mobile base (http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/art...seshowdown.htm) and all I used was the cam wheel. I have my table saw and jointer (old heavy iron) on one bench and I attached 2 large heavy duty no swivel casters to one end and the Delta cam swivel wheel to the other. Yeah, that's all you really need is the one. I would love to make them out of metal.... excuse to buy a welder. And Jack, that Delta is one of the ones I copied. I think I'll work on one like you made out of wood... Do you have any nice drawings (sketchup wold be great) or detailed pictures? I use Canvas for my plans, so I haven't gotten into sketchup. But all I did for this was look at the pictures on the web... http://images.rockler.com/rockler/im...051-04-500.jpg http://www.woodcraft.com/images/products/145488.jpg The rockler one, mostly, plus they have an exploded view in the manual available here... http://images.rockler.com/tech/RTD10000503AA.pdf I'm sure I could've gotten it smaller, but it works. I'll take some closer pics of mine and post them. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
Took some pics...
http://www.mikedrums.com/cam_wheel/camwheel.html -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
-MIKE- wrote:
Took some pics... http://www.mikedrums.com/cam_wheel/camwheel.html I like it! -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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More Movies of My Tools on Wheels!
Weeeeeeeeee!
http://www.mikedrums.com/tablesawwheels.mov http://www.mikedrums.com/routertablewheels.mov -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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Movie of my power adjust bench casters :-)
-MIKE- wrote:
Took some pics... http://www.mikedrums.com/cam_wheel/camwheel.html Excellent! Thanks Mike, good job, both on the camwheel and the pictures. -- Jack Using FREE News Server: http://Motzarella.org http://jbstein.com |
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