buckeyefarmer
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Mine has 2 swival, 2 fixed wheels. It's all you need.
Table saw stand?
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downsizingnow48
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Here is a couple ways to do it.
When I got the Delta saw and fence extension 35 years ago I made a simple rolling base from scrap lumber. I used 6 2" swivel casters. It moves easily. To stay in place I wedge a block of wood under it, takes maybe 10 seconds. Been using it that way with no problems for a long time.
Much more recently i got a benchtop planer and made a stand with 4 swivel casters, 4". To keep the planer absolutely rock steady I put screw lifts on all four corners to raise the wheels off the floor. Takes just a few seconds to do that.
I have other tool stands with 2 swivel casters and 2 fixed casters. Can't say it makes much difference either way.
When I got the Delta saw and fence extension 35 years ago I made a simple rolling base from scrap lumber. I used 6 2" swivel casters. It moves easily. To stay in place I wedge a block of wood under it, takes maybe 10 seconds. Been using it that way with no problems for a long time.
Much more recently i got a benchtop planer and made a stand with 4 swivel casters, 4". To keep the planer absolutely rock steady I put screw lifts on all four corners to raise the wheels off the floor. Takes just a few seconds to do that.
I have other tool stands with 2 swivel casters and 2 fixed casters. Can't say it makes much difference either way.
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Teachu2
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There's always these: Floor Locks | Casters | www.surpluscenter.com
mike48130
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Those look perfect, nice price too.
2 decent lockable swivel casters on my shelf, 2 ~ 6" steel wheels w/ rubber on them from maybe a utility or weld cart. Plenty of bar stock and other odds and ends. Put the saw together yesterday Contemplating the floor locks. Are those stable enough with a smaller footprint of a saw? Worth it when I can buy a $50-100$ stand? Now letting it gel while I refinish the garden gate....
Gem99ultra
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Sadly, a $50 stand probably will not be worth your effort. And definitely not worth $50. A cast iron table saw is a rare find; certainly worth spending a few bucks for a stand for it. I can only recommend you go with the best quality of casters. Those cheap $3.95 casters one finds on sale at the junk-stuff outlets simply will not hold up. Nor will those pre-fab size fit-em frames you see. Hopefully you find doing it right the first time will be the best. Otherwise, you'll find it to be true the second time.
spitter
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Most $50-100 stands ain,t worth a hill of beans more fun to make your own if you have the stuff laying around the you can adapt it to fill your needs ie hangers for blades , fences ,gauges ,push sticks etc. Go on wood working forum and look at other peoples stuff some great ideas out there.:drink:
Gem99ultra
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Regarding locking casters, Rockler has some that flip up to put the legs solidly on the floor. DON'T bother with those high priced useless pieces of junk. You have to physically pick up the table to flip them, and they twist around all directions, none of which is the proper way for standing up. The type teachu2 posted would be 10x better, and at 10x less cost.
crazyal
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My father had an old Craftsman cast iron table saw that he made a stand for. It was made out of 2x4s and plywood. He used two lawn mower wheels to make it movable. It was a wheelbarrow set up. The wheels would only touch the ground when you lifted up on the two handles on the opposite side. The motor was on the same side as the wheels and the handles would fold down when not needed. I doubt even today it would cost much more than $30 to build.