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Mobile base for drill press, any ideas?
Just picked up the DP400 from Lowes for $220. But I would really like to
have a mobile base for it seeing that it is good size for my garage. There was one idea I found online here http://www.tundraware.com/Woodworkin...istMobileBase/ Now this is not bad but I'd like to have more of footprint than just the drill base itself. The manual suggests at least 3" extra all around. We have a couple of drills this size at work but they are bolted to the cement, so I don't know how tipsy they get without securing. Of course bolting to the ground is best. The ones at work don't move at all which is great . Of the mobile bases that I saw for sale the Delta 50-345 looks best to me in that I could make a plywood base to fit the mobile part and I like the simple lifting 3rd wheel. And there is the HTC2000 by I don't know who really but the delta just looks easier overall. Now I really don't have the funds I want to put out $50 at this point for a mobile base, I need to buy some building supplies for my project instead. I'd like to cut this cost in half at least. Any ideas? |
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