Table saw mobile base

[plout99]

Need some advice on a mobile base for contractor style table saw for my dad. He downsized a few years ago and gave me his model 66 powermatic. He didn't think he would need a table saw again. He is buying a contractor style saw stop saw and wants a mobile base to move it around in the garage. I offered him the 66 back but it’s more saw than he wants now he is 81 and doesn’t do a lot of woodworking anymore. Who makes a good single lever style base? I have been looking at the rockler model but the wood frame concerns me. The new saw is about 270 lb +/- so deflecting might not be an issue with the wood. Open to suggestions preferably with only one raise/ lower lever to use it.

 

[jbfsr]

Check out Grizzly Tool. They have some nice ones.

 

[quickfarms]

I use the delta base except I use 1.5x1.5x1/8 steel instead of wood



This is my small table saw and radial arm saw stored under the wood rack

 

[BukitCase]

I use the Rocklers with foot pedal on several tools, INCLUDING the PM66 - but I replaced the 2x wood connectors with 1.5" .120 wall steel square tube. works fine. As I'm sure you're aware, the 66 weighs a bit more than a contractor saw, even a sawstop... Steve

 

[bigdav160]

Hopefully Grizzly updated the casters on their mobile bases. Every one I owned fell apart.

I am a fan of Delta welded bases but I guess Delta is no more.

 

[CraigStu]

You might also want to look at wheeled toolboxes and cabinets. My radial arm saw is on an old 2 door wheeled chest. My band sander is on a cheap 4 drawer tool box. I like having them enclosed so the miscellaneous blades, sander belts, etc stay in place and aren't covered w/ dust.

 

[nadogail]

I scrounged up a piece of 1" plywood, about 3' square and mounted 4 repurposed swivel casters on the corners. No brakes, but if I rest my foot on it, it stays in place when I am sawing.

 

[ScottsGT]

Crazy as it sounds, I'm using an old typewriter stand. It has the foot control lock, perfect height with my Dewalt sitting on top. I sold the fold up Dewalt stand it came with. It just made it too big in my opinion.

 

[cruzer75]

Can you get a mobile base for/with the SawStop?

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

https://www.grizzly.com/products/gr...4haCfs-rwBYja-eoQA7RgLF30WBf0Rf4aAnxjEALw_wcB

Can't vouch for the casters- but they can be easily replaced if necessary. Cast iron and polyu sound pretty stout to me

 

[AZ Pete]

the wood frame is fine, or at least mine has been for the last 20 years. I did use maple though, because I had it. But, I would have no concern using Douglass fir.

 

[gungatim]

LGR

 

[Git]

I have a couple of different 'Bora Portamate' products and have been very pleased with the purchases.

The PM1100 - attaches to a wooden 'platform' (plywood, etc) that you provide and is pretty reasonably priced

cruzer75 - they also make an 'extension' for the larger table saws

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W5JJ2QN/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[mhejl]

I've had problems with the "heavy duty" PM-2500 Bora ones under a Unisaw and 15" planer. The lifting levers flip when moving the tool around. Annoying.

I had the same issues with the Delta machine-specific welded ones but only after the pivot area on the lifting lever wore away after many years. No replacements available that I can find. Hence the Boras. I'm not sure what to try next.

 

[plout99]

Crazy as it sounds, I'm using an old typewriter stand. It has the foot control lock, perfect height with my Dewalt sitting on top. I sold the fold up Dewalt stand it came with. It just made it too big in my opinion.

Not crazy at all my son has my grandfathers craftsman table saw made in about 1948-1950. It was mine before I got the model 66 from my dad and my dads before he bought the model 66 it’s on a cash register stand. It works well .

 

[plout99]

Thanks for the suggestions I will probably go with the rockler single lever style less moving parts and a single lever so easier for dad to use. I will use some oak I have and if it starts deflecting and becomes a problem I will switch to steel.

 

[Innovate1]

I recently picked up a used Craftsman table saw that includes the factory legs and wheels. I need to try to lube up the pivots and axles but it is terrible - things are reasonably clean on the pivots but the wheels jerk and slide across the floor. The flex in the legs doesn't help. I may try to put some boards or plywood between the bottom of the legs so they all must move together but will probably end up putting a sheet of plywood between the legs and putting on new, better casters. Not sure if the trouble is typical of these saws or not.

 

[quickfarms]

I recently picked up a used Craftsman table saw that includes the factory legs and wheels. I need to try to lube up the pivots and axles but it is terrible - things are reasonably clean on the pivots but the wheels jerk and slide across the floor. The flex in the legs doesn't help. I may try to put some boards or plywood between the bottom of the legs so they all must move together but will probably end up putting a sheet of plywood between the legs and putting on new, better casters. Not sure if the trouble is typical of these saws or not.

My radial arm saw had a set like that

The problem is the legs flex causing the erratic movement. I got frustrated and mounted it on a delta base and that solved the issue.

 

[yatg]

I recently picked up a used Craftsman table saw that includes the factory legs and wheels. I need to try to lube up the pivots and axles but it is terrible - things are reasonably clean on the pivots but the wheels jerk and slide across the floor. The flex in the legs doesn't help. I may try to put some boards or plywood between the bottom of the legs so they all must move together but will probably end up putting a sheet of plywood between the legs and putting on new, better casters. Not sure if the trouble is typical of these saws or not.

Opted for that wheel kit when I bought my table saw back in the 1980's.
Absolutely horrible and it was doing what you describe when it was new. About a dozen years ago sold them on ebay for $75 and built my own platform stand out of 2x4s, plywood, and good casters.

 

[bczygan]

Bed frame from bulk trash day, welding and HF casters.

Bill

 

[Pen & Wrench]

I'm assuming you looked at the mobile base that Sawstop sells for the Sawstop Contractor saw, and maybe didn't like it?

 

[plout99]

I'm assuming you looked at the mobile base that Sawstop sells for the Sawstop Contractor saw, and maybe didn't like it?

Just looked st the sawstop base, that might be the ideal solution. One pedal to operate designed for the saw I will have to pass this one to dad to consider.

 

[uscarry45]

I tried a WEN brand one off eBay for 50 other than assembly it’s been good and works well

 

[Innovate1]

Opted for that wheel kit when I bought my table saw back in the 1980's.
Absolutely horrible and it was doing what you describe when it was new. About a dozen years ago sold them on ebay for $75 and built my own platform stand out of 2x4s, plywood, and good casters.

Sounds like a good plan and I could build in some shelves or drawers for holding related saw blades, fixtures, etc.

 

[mikegt4]

I built a clone of the Delta 50-278 mobile base for my Delta 10" table saw. I modified it a bit so that I could roll it out to the driveway, bigger wheels w/urethane tires. Dimensions were a bit larger than stock. It has worked great for 15+ years.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000223CF/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[pcfithian]

Timely thread for me, I’ve been looking for something like this for my table saw and drill press.

Both now have a mobile base with the PM-1100 and 3/4” MDO.

On the stationary peg, put the locknut under the metal ear, more bearing surface for the load instead of thin threads.

 

[Git]

Woot (An Amazon Company) has the P1100 on clearance for $40

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/por...1eb82c1021f0a1c0e12&utm_source=Slickdeals+LLC

 

[timewarp]

ShopFox rolling tool base is what I have on a delta contractors saw, not the one with the foot push down but one that has 2 legs you turn down that lift the swivel casters off the ground to level the saw. Works great. Simple and durable.

Like this one, they are available in different sizes and from many retailers.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/t...VpSitBh0rNA6KEAQYAiABEgL_i_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[driftpin]

I second Git's use of the BORA products. They have a variety of weight bearing designs. Unlike mhejl, I have never had an issue with the levers going from 'mobile' to 'stationary' during use. I could see that as a possibility on a rough, cracked, or uneven floor. I have three BORA bases, and am very-satisfied with their products. Here's one I adapted for use with a HFT benchtop media blasting cabinet.

 

[driftpin]

I had purchased the Craftsman saw cabinet base when I bought a Craftsman 12" 240V RAS about 40 years ago. It has drawers, and was much-more rigid than the 'spider-leg' saw supports. I replaced it (the cabinet/drawers base) with a roll-around, collapsible stand when the sheet metal cabinet base started deteriorating. It was outside, under a roof, but we're a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, and three blocks from a branch of the Intracoastal Waterway, the salt air isn't kind to thin ferrous metals, thirty years-on.

I have a TN-manufactured Powermatic 66, probably a early 1970's manufacture, but it's stationary.