"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a pretty heavy(200lb?) bench top drill press and want to build a
>mobile base for it. Did anyone tried building mobile base? What would be
>your recommendation about design and casters?
>
> Thanks!
I took two pieces of 3/4" ply and bolted them to the bottom (mine's a free
standing drill press). I then attached 4 casters (forget exactly any model
numbers, just that Grizzly had them on sale a couple years ago and I bought
like 20 of the things....red, poly, locking....400 lb rating?) and it's
worked great. I still have to be careful moving the thing around given
it's top heaviness but overall, no worries.
Cheers,
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On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 04:35:14 GMT, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a pretty heavy(200lb?) bench top drill press and want to build a mobile base for
>it. Did anyone tried building mobile base? What would be your recommendation about
>design and casters?
>
>Thanks!
I had a bigish table top drill press for a long time. it was sized
like a floor model but with a shorter column. the weight being about
right, that may be what you have.
I used a pedestal with drawers from an old steel office desk. with the
drawers filled with drill press vise, bits and other tooling it was
not in the least top heavy.
some stout casters will make it mobile.