Make 103.27270 mobile?

[Mike Wyatt]

I am new to this forum. I have just acquired a reasonable 103.27270 with 1 HP motor. It has a miter gauge and fence, but not certain yet if original. My shop is not large, and I would like to move this very heavy saw around. It does not have the rear wheels. Any suggestions? I thought of making a base with HD castors but that raises the saw too much.

 

[OccupantRJ]

I assume you are talking about a table saw. Too much effort to look up that number. I inherited a Craftsman table saw from my dad and found it badly needed wheels as it seemed to always be in the way. I welded up an 1-1/4” angle iron dolly frame with the lips turned up and installed locking casters on it. The final height ended up being so that I could place a 4x4 block on the floor beside each saw leg and mark where it reached. I then laid the saw over, cut off the legs, then bolted it into the dolly with a bolt through each leg. It has been one of the best things I ever did for space and convenience in my shop. I feel that Dad would approve. He bought the saw new in the late 60’s.

 

[strength_and_power]

They make a dual function caster that has a caster and a solid stop you can set down and make it solid. I wouldn’t want a table saw shifting as I’m trying to rip a sheet. Casters do add height unless you mount them outboard of the frame the saw sits on.

After I put a set of casters under a piece of equipment, I loved the flexibility it gives and now many things in my shop are on casters or on my list to get casters.

 

[FrankLee]

There are quite a few photo submissions of that model on Vintage Machinery. Several have custom caster bases.

 

[subroc]

I have a rolling base under mine.

 

[CKS1955]

I made a mobile base for my Craftsman Floor Model table saw 103.27270. Used parts from some preexisting bases around the shop that I was no longer using. Adds hardly anything to the overall height, about an 1”. The table saw sits in right square of the picture below and the legs for the router table extension wing sit in the left square in the picture below.

Jay

 

[aquinob]

Pretty much any rolling base made for a cabinet or contractor saw will work. They tend to keep the bottom of the saw close to the floor by offsetting the wheels a bit higher up.

Even Craftsman aficionados don't generally reference their machines by the model number. Sears made gazillions of different tools in their heyday. Your saw was made by King-Seely in the 50's. You can see one here at vintage machinery https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...usg=AOvVaw3VpMCCruOXqLxnmfoVi31m&opi=89978449

Vintage machinery and Old Woodworking Machines are the two sister sites to find out about these saws but there are also more than a few folks here that are in to them too. Good luck with it.

 

[Mike Wyatt]

Thank you all for your help and advice, it is much appreciated. In the end I went for a Harbor Freight base that works well.