Getting My Delta Unisaw Mobile

[Furylee]

My dad was a carpenter, I’m a car guy. He and his business partner had a cabinet shop, which I now own. I’ve been working on fixing it up since this whole pandemic thing started. He had the table saw bolted to the floor towards the middle of the shop. It really is in the way now, I could get another car in there if I could move it. I still use if from time to time, so I have no intention of getting rid of it. So my question is, what would be a good set of wheels/casters I could install on it, so I could move it against the wall when it’s not needed? Your comments are appreciated.

 

[DavidR8]

You can buy a mobile base that will adjust to fit the base.
I made my own because I’m cheap. And own a welder

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[shoot summ]

Get a mobile base, they aren't cheap, but it is the quickest way to do it.

Or you can go off the deep end and convert a pallet jack into a mobile base like my project...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414271

 

[seber]

Delta sells a base to fit that saw. But a car guy probably has a welder. I use a lot of bed frames for that sort of thing.

 

[lilredex]

Welcome.

Made mine up from pieces on hand. The axle on the left pivots to keep it from rocking, similar to the last picture.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

OP was asking about wheels.
I go to Northern Tool (or HF) just to get a couple of mover’s when i need to mobilize something. You can buy pre-built things (HTC brand comes to mind).

 

[RTM]

The Delta base is rumored not to fit the older Unisaws, don't know the transition date.

In the thread listed below the guy says '40s don't fit. Its a woodworkers forum, and those guys are probably more serious about their saws, and run miles of wood through them, so take that into consideration as you read their replies. Its also from 2009, so newer stuff may not be listed. I've personally seen lots of **** mobile stands that I would not trust under a vintage Unisaw, I have one under my mini lathe that is just barely acceptable, bows under the weight.

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?208092-Best-Mobile-base-for-unisaw

 

[Voi]

The Delta base is rumored not to fit the older Unisaws, don't know the transition date.

For this reason & due the older Unisaws sitting a bit shorter some like to build their own mobile bases.

A search on Google Images should yield some DIY options. If one follows the source of the image there might be some specific recommendations for casters.

 

[Furylee]

Thanks for all the replies/comments/recommendations! I guess I should have Googled mobile base before I created this post. I saw a lot of excellent possibilities. I just need to get back over there and measure my base. And for the sake of saving time, I’m not opposed to purchasing something. Besides, I’ve sold some things that were taking up space (no tools), so I would just be putting the money back into the shop.

 

[dscheidt]

I like Bora's mobile bases. My saw is on a PM-2500, which worked fine. I need to be able to pivot and push it into a corner for storage, so I bought another, and replaced the fixed casters from the first one with the swivels in the second kit.

 

[tarmy]

Make one with good castors....

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

So I have 2 commercially purchased rolling bases under bandsaws in my shop.

I have an HTC HTC2000 base under my Grizzly saw and a Grizzly Bear Crawl "Cub" base under "1947", a Delta bandsaw. The "Cub" appears to be the same parts as their other bases with shorter arms - but I could be wrong.

Both bases have 2 fixed wheels and 2 swivel wheels but the lock mechanisms have different approaches.

The HTC has fixed pads and you push a lever to the swivel wheel lift up, landing the machine on the pads to lock it into position. The Grizzly has 2 pads that you push a lever to push them to the ground to lock the position.

The Grizzly is a heavier duty base (IMHO) and they make something that would work for a Unisaw with an extended table if that's necessary in your case. You just need to measure the base of your saw and see what they have that fits.

https://www.grizzly.com/mobile-bases

I built a custom cabinet under my Jet contractor saw with drawers and double lock casters. I had the rear set of casters tack welded into position so they no longer rotate but still lock the wheel. The first attempt had non-rotating / non-locking casters on the rear and I got some "slide" at times based on the loading of the front casters on my wavy garage floor.

Cheers

Jim