Casters for welding table?

[FishingMan]

I'm looking for info on heavy duty swiveling casters with locks on the wheels and the swivel.
The table I'm building is 4'x8'x 3/4". It's going to weigh about 1500 lbs. Should I go with steel wheels? Or some sort of rubber wheel? I'm thinking 6" minimum wheel up to 8" wheel.

 

[dr_clyde]

The bigger wheel the better. How often you are going to move the table and on what surface it will be on will better determine wheel type. Personally, I don't want wheels under my table at all. I need it to be rock solid.

 

[zmotorsports]

I installed some heavy duty total lock casters on my welding table.

I have had them now for about 8 years and they work great. I prefer the total lock style so the table is near rock solid when locked. No slight pivoting from side to side because just the wheel is locked.

I used 4" diameter, poly wheel with greasable axle and pivot style.

Mike.

 

[bad_idea]

I have 8" solid steel wheels on my table. Rolls easy. Table only weighs ~600 lbs though.

 

[rslaback]

Are you only moving it on a smooth surface? If so, have you considered air casters?

 

[BD1]

I made a table for a friend with rubber wheels. It's 3x5 with 1/2" top and weighs near 500 pounds. Wheels are basic quality and did develope kind of flat spots from sitting without moving.
I would suggest the phenolic casters. A bit more money but will last.

 

[sanddan]

I'm with Dr_clyde on this one, no wheels. The few times I've moved my welding table I used two floor jacks or my engine hoist. I have a hole in the center of the top for a bolt on lifting eye which I used when I built the table to place the top. I have 4 tables in the shop and none have wheels, just leveling feet. I just drag the smaller tables if they need to be moved which works ok for me. I did build a scissor lift table for moving heavy items which is on swivel casters that lock like zmotorsports showed, they work very good and are stable for casters.

 

[toloud4u18]

I had 4" poly wheels on my table. They didnt hold up to small pebbles on the floor when moving it around.

Just upgraded to 6" steel and it was worth it. Table moves like butter and will for many years to comes. My .02

 

[rsanter]

I use industrial 6'' hard plastic wheels and they are fine.
I beat on the table, had engines on the table, stacked steel stock on it to move the stock....always held up fine

bob

 

[AMCguy]

Have you thought about scaffolding wheels? They are large, hold a lot of weight, have rubber tread, roll easily, lock very tightly and best of all are dirt cheap.

 

[FishingMan]

The table has to be mobile. It's going to be rolled on an asphalt driveway. I need it to roll easily.I don't want to build it then not be able to push it around. I never tried pushing around 1500 lbs. I want all 4 wheels to swivel with separate locks for the swivel. And brakes. I'm thinking atleast 8" wheels.

 

[tarmy]

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This...these are rated for 1200 lbs...work great , about 45 per made by RWM model 47...amazon has em...

 

[nosnerd]

Princess auto . Com

 

[MarkG]

The bigger wheel the better. How often you are going to move the table and on what surface it will be on will better determine wheel type. Personally, I don't want wheels under my table at all. I need it to be rock solid.

I agree with the Dr., but if you're going to use wheels, I'd use steel for the flattening issues mentioned! Even my relatively light-duty woodworking table with hard rubber wheels likes to develop a flat spot. Not only that, you don't want hot sparks melting into the wheels.

 

[tarbellb]

I kinda have weird obsession with casters, I dont claim to know everything but I have researched whats out there for the average consumer.

I really like Albion brand, high quality and good prices. You can find a bunch on Amazon.

Casters can get into the "crack price" range easily.

Check these out, set of 4 which means about $40 each. Not bad.

Also look at Albion 11 series, but not sure if they have a total lock option. Oh, and Home Depot actually offers a pretty nice total lock 5" caster, but likely not rated for your application.

 

[RogueFab]

We used the same 400lb rated 5 inch poly casters on our table that we use on our carts we sell with our benders. Our welding table is probably only about 400 lbs. We don't do as heavy of work as most of you I suppose. For 1500 lbs, I would see if you can make a system to lower the wheels so they only carry the table when not in use for moving. A table that heavy must be planned for some heavy projects too...

 

[bigguns69]

Look up (6" phenolic caster) in McMaster-Carr and use a stomp brake, my term. See picture, top right corner. All my tables use these casters and I have a Bridgeport mill on a mobile base using these casters as well, 2,500 lbs that I move by hand. Pictures on GJ if interested.

I have built skates using these casters to move tracked earth moving equipment weighing 30,000 lbs., throughout a manufacturing plant for 20 years.

 

[bigguns69]

Picture, dammit........

 

[mrolds88]

One thing I would look at for casters for a 1500lb table that is getting moved on the driveway is either have 2 casters that are not on swivels or if you need 4 swivels have the ability to lock 2 of them in a specific direction.

 

[Richard D]

Another vote for industrial scaffold casters. I don't know why I never thought of that before, I spent years working on those scaffolds in chemical plants and refineries, great idea. Probably get them used real cheap.

 

[Richard D]

$110 Shipped, brand new, 800 lbs capacity each. 8" wheels. That would be what I would use.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-set-of-Ne...hash=item43aa29eace:m:mS6B03oRWI9NZzzoajzje5Q

 

[Yourfired]

8'' wheels are most likely your best option. You should take into account a few things such as surface of movement, weight, and how often you plan on changing its location.

 

[joe--h]

It's going to be rolled on an asphalt driveway.

My guess is it will sink into the asphalt.

Joe H

 

[Richard D]

It's going to be rolled on an asphalt driveway.

My guess is it will sink into the asphalt.

Joe H

Roll it onto some small squares of heavy sheetmetal under each caster. 16 ga would probably do the trick.

 

[bandaidmd]

I stopped using caster wheels years ago.What I did was buy a pallet jack, anything you want to move is easily adapted and weight is no issue.

 

[Richard D]

We have a pallet jack here at work, but it would take up too much space at home.

 

[kkroger]

I have a pallet jack, Engine Hoist, Winch, etc... I would STILL want wheels on a welding table, Also some feet I can jack down to level the thing and take it off the wheels when I am using it. Some like can be found on a stronghand table for instance but then again I would want BIG wheels so they will roll over something like fishing line or dental floss unlike my floor jacks... BIG wheels win the day, I like the red ones in about an 8" diameter...

I need to build a car for my tubing bender also, that my pump can go on... Probably a rectangular base from Angle iron, with expanded inside that wheels on the bottom, then a properly braced upright with the mounting plate for my bender (JD2 Model 3 with hydraulics) and pegs for storing the dies... My Tubing roller/ring roller, is mounted on a Home Depot Tool Box which needs MUCH larger wheels! Have to look into that.

 

[gte718p]

View attachment 495497
This...these are rated for 1200 lbs...work great , about 45 per made by RWM model 47...amazon has em...

Exact ones I used on my welding table. My table, HF freight box, vise, and tools weight in ~800 lbs. it takes a good shove to get it moving, but once it starts moving it rolls very well on concrete.

Asphalt is going to be a different beast. Maybe some large removable pneumatic wheels? The kind of weight you are talking about concentrated on small wheels is going to sink into asphalt.

 

[2oolhound]

My garage is built over an asphalt driveway. It's like quicksand for anything heavy. Make sure you have leveling feet with 12" sq x 1/4" steel pads to lay under them.

 

[TheEquineFencer]

I bought some for the last 5x10x.5 table I had. I used 1200# rated wheels from TSC, I could and did several times set a car on the table and moved it around the shop.

 

[ytcaster]

You can use these heavy casters and industrial casters.

 

[sberry]

On a bench that heavy would put 2 heavy steel fixed wheels on one end and a bracket for a floor jack on the other to lift it off legs, put any attachments on the solid leg ends, actually that heavy either would work.

 

[gte718p]

You realize this is a necrothread.