mobile base

mobile base · 04-28-2008, 07:02 PM

Anyone know if any of those HTC cheapo mobile base's are still
around? Any body got one they would part with?

I need one for my router table and don't want to spend more on
it than I did on the router table. Guess I should have bought
spares when HD had them on sale.

Thanks,

Woodrat.

TracyP · 04-28-2008, 07:25 PM

May not be what you want to do or may not work in your particular situation, but look in my gallery and see what I did on my jointer with a scrap of 3/4 ply and 20.00 worth of wheels from the borg. I am happy. I put 4 swivel casters on it so the steering was easy into tight spaces.

Glennbear · 04-28-2008, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by newtowood

May not be what you want to do or may not work in your particular situation, but look in my gallery and see what I did on my jointer with a scrap of 3/4 ply and 20.00 worth of wheels from the borg. I am happy. I put 4 swivel casters on it so the steering was easy into tight spaces.

I have a cheapo HF mobile base under one of my tablesaw's but I am going with the casters/plywood method for the rest of my machines and benches. I currently have 20 locking swivel casters I got from Northern Tool waiting to be made into bases. I am just a LITTLE behind in shop setup

TracyP · 04-28-2008, 07:48 PM

I have found that Tractor supply has a good selection of casters. Actually much better than Lowes. I haven't been to Northern in a while though.

RandyJ · 04-28-2008, 10:21 PM

Archie, I saw ONE of the HTC bases at the HD at 540 and hwy 64 last week. Don't know if it's still there but you might check.
Good luck,

woodrat · 04-28-2008, 10:46 PM

Thanks everyone for the replies.

RandyJ, that's not very far from me. I'll check it out.

Thanks again everyone. Gotta love this place.

Woodrat

RandyJ · 04-28-2008, 10:51 PM

Archie, IIRC it was on the aisle with the folding sawhorses, not in tool world...

Bas · 04-29-2008, 12:50 AM

Sorry Archie, I'm fresh out. I snagged the last three at the Home Depot here in Cary a few months ago when they were on sale for $20, those all found a home with various NCWWers. You may want to check around, but I can tell you the store in Apex doesn't have any either.... Like Randy said, check the aisles that have the sawhorses/ truck tool boxes in addition to Tool World. Who knows, you might get lucky.

For a router table, casters might be a better option actually. The HTC1000 bases are solid, but they need something heavy or they wiggle too easily.

woodrat · 04-29-2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Bas

Sorry Archie, I'm fresh out. I snagged the last three at the Home Depot here in Cary a few months ago when they were on sale for $20, those all found a home with various NCWWers. You may want to check around, but I can tell you the store in Apex doesn't have any either.... Like Randy said, check the aisles that have the sawhorses/ truck tool boxes in addition to Tool World. Who knows, you might get lucky.

For a router table, casters might be a better option actually. The HTC1000 bases are solid, but they need something heavy or they wiggle too easily.

Bas,

I also got some of those on sale for $20.00 and now wish I had gotten
more. At that price, it was a very good deal.

It's no big thing. I'll bide my time and wait for a sale/clearance on them
somewhere and pick up some more.

Thanks,

Archie

mkepke · 04-29-2008, 11:58 PM

I see that Rockler has their version of the Delta Universal Base on sale for $35. I have couple of these and they work fine.

-Mark

sapwood · 04-30-2008, 01:28 PM

Don't forget Homier's mobile base. It's the "Harbor Freight" of the internet, but I've had one for 2 years and it works well for my PM bandsaw. IIRC it's under $25 shipped

Homier Mobile Machinery Base

Roger