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Really, a stone? The only right best garage journal way to get it flat is hand scrape it!

Yes, you should have turned up the heat. Better than looking at a chart, learn to read the weld. Especially for something that, when it fails, is going to cause a bus full of nuns, babies, and kittens to die, you need to understand what the weld is doing.

Weight is a factor, but it's not the only factor. I think the Viking is lighter than my old Optrel, but I am not sure. The headgear is the best I've used, IMO. It will stay up until I nod my head and then it falls as it's supposed to. It also is very adjustable. That said, weight was the...

What vehicle are you working on where there's room to fit anything bigger than a Lilliputian hand up in there?

I have a 6 pole motor on each of my main drill presses. The 1100 runs at about 60 rpm most of the time. The craftsman runs around 400 most of the time. Gobs of torque on both of them.

Or Jack a vehicle up and lower it onto them

True, sort of. If I don't put my mark in the right spot, the blade isn't contacting the work where my mark is. So I have to get the speed square out to draw a line so the way across the work to line the blade up. A laser is helpful then, even if I have to bring the blade down to use it.

I would guess if you do find a parts list somewhere, it'll cost more to buy the legs than the whole thing is worth. What fab capabilities do you have?

I would try magnets! Get ones that have the rubber boot so they don't slide down the side of the filing cabinet

I would probably go ahead and fix a bunch of that so you aren't dinged by the next buyer because they'll "have to pay a plumber $10k to fix it right after they buy it"