Floor stops for tool stand

jmc · May 17, 2018

Nice work.

Now, if you replaced those nice handles with a tacked on hexnut, you could use a speed wrench or cordless drill (with extensions) and not have to bend over!

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jmc · May 17, 2018

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downsizingnow48 · May 17, 2018

Hah - I debated just using a nut. To save the cost of the handles, $12 total.

dstig1 · May 18, 2018

Nice. Be aware that with a planer you will fill that oneida bucket in 5-10 min of steady work... I have a pretty large 5hp grizzly cyclone and fill the ~50 gal bin in an hour or so of heavy planing...

downsizingnow48 · May 18, 2018

There is a place south of Sacramento that sells 50 gal plastic drums with removable lid for $25. I've been thinking about that as a back up plan if I have to empty this bucket too often.

downsizingnow48 · Jun 7, 2018

These simple floor stops worked so well on the planer stand I decided to add them to two other stands. The cutting table was easiest, I just welded two coupling nuts to the bottom rails. The rolling base for the miter saw stand was a little more work, I welded nuts to a piece of plate then screwed it to the bottom of the rails. Both stands have two fixed casters and two swivel casters, so two floor mounts to raise the swivels up is all that is needed.

Rustyiron · Jun 7, 2018

Nice work as usual Pat :thumbsup:
Anyone know why Acme thread rod is so pricey?

Big Barn · Jun 7, 2018

Nice work, Pat.

Preparing for when California slides into the Pacific?

downsizingnow48 · Jun 7, 2018

On acme rod, I dunno. Why it should be so much more costly than ordinary threads is a mystery to me. Just steel, cut or rolled, only difference is the angle, pitch and thickness of the thread. This floor stop application is otherwise perfect for acme threaded parts.

On earthquakes. I have been out of California for all major quakes in last 50 years. Good planning. BUT when we were still in coastal Virginia, I had just completed a 1200 sq ft deck on our house on the Chesapeake. After lunch I stretched out for a well deserved nap on the brand new deck. WHAM a major earthquake hit and woke me up. This was in 2011. I concluded that lunch naps were a bad idea.