Mobile Table Saw Base.

**jimmbob** · June 20, 2012, 01:01

So, I've got a table saw like the one in the pic and need to come up with an easy way to move it on pea gravel.

I found this guys solution for on a smooth floor:

http://www.stephensawyer.com/content...MobileBase.htm

I like it but needs some bigger wheels for moving it around outside. I'm thinking I need to fab a "drop spindle" type of setup to secure on the top or sides of the 2x4 framework to mount an axle w/larger wheels which will be at the rear on the sides. Any homemade ideas or suggestions greatly appreciated, Thanks

FUUN063 · June 20, 2012, 01:40

I don't have any pics, but couldn't you simply attach four swivel casters to that wooden square to move it around. You know, the blow up type wheels/tires similar to the ones that are about the size of wheel barrow tires. I have also seen them with locks that would prevent it from moving around when running. Good luck.

Leland

**jimmbob** · June 20, 2012, 02:14

Sounds interesting, did'nt know they made swivel casters that big. Don't get out much I guess. Worth taking a look at but I want to keep the saw close to the ground so I need some type of drop spindle set-up thingymabob.

They may make something what I'm thinking I need but can't find any so far. Got more searching to do, thanks

**GOVT1911** · June 20, 2012, 08:30

You could put two wheels on an axle kind of on the sides of that 2x4 base, so when the saw is in operation the wheels are barely off the ground. When you need to move it, you tip it back like a handtruck/moving dolly and wheel it around. does that make sense?

Or hell, put those 2x4 bases on all your equipment you want to and then just go to Harbor Freight and buy on handtruck/moving dolly with large tires that will roll on gravel and use it to move your tools around.......

**jimmbob** · June 20, 2012, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by GOVT1911

You could put two wheels on an axle kind of on the sides of that 2x4 base, so when the saw is in operation the wheels are barely off the ground. When you need to move it, you tip it back like a handtruck/moving dolly and wheel it around. does that make sense?

Makes perfect sense. I'll have to mount the axle location to the rear of 2x4 framework. Don't know if there's a better way to do it but I'm thinking of securing a second 2x4 on top of the existing one along each side and extending out the back 6"-8" to mount(just barely above ground surface) the wheels on. Then maybe have a quick detach. 3-4 foot handle on the front to pick it up with for easy moving. Thanks, getting it figured out. I should be able to build it for free other than maybe the wheels.

**308bolt** · June 20, 2012, 09:52

I just mounted wheels to the back of the legs on my saw.
I pick up the front so it sets back on those wheels and roll it wherever I like.
My saw is an old cast iron Craftsman with a Delta Unifence attached so it's not a lightweight.
You'll need pneumatic tires to roll yours on pea gravel.

**jimmbob** · June 20, 2012, 10:04

Better yet, I think I'll $h!tcan the whole wooden base idea and just mount either a 2x4 or piece of steel attached to the front and rear leg on both sides extending out the rear a bit for the wheel/axle mount positioned to have the wheels slightly off the ground. Other ideas welcome

**jimmbob** · June 20, 2012, 10:11

308Bolt, I was busy writing when you posted. Your idea may be the best way to go, Thanks! Did'nt think of that yet. I'll have to check maybe harbor freight for some cheap pneumatic tires like my handcart has. This is getting easier as we go

**GOVT1911** · June 20, 2012, 20:42

Well, there ya go! How about using small U-bolts to secure the axle to the legs at whatever height you need. You could just use a piece of steel bar for the axle, drill it for a cotter pin, then washer, then wheel from HF. The axle doesn't need to turn, the wheels I saw at HF had bearings. Hell, you could weld a piece of pipe to the center of the axle for a socket to slide a pipe handle in, but you wouldn't really need one. I mean, you're not taking this thing on a 20k ruckmarch, are ya?

**gunplumber** · June 20, 2012, 21:57

I've run into the same problem. I keep my table saw in the garage and move it into the shop only for the few times a year I use it. Pea gravel driveway. On-board wheels are too small. Need something like wheelbarrow tires. Or just a piece of plywood with a rope around it. Slide it over the gravel like a sled.

June 20, 2012, 02:14	#3
jimmbob letmebe Contributor FALaholic #: 41144 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 1313mockingbirdlane Posts: 2,980	Sounds interesting, did'nt know they made swivel casters that big. Don't get out much I guess. Worth taking a look at but I want to keep the saw close to the ground so I need some type of drop spindle set-up thingymabob. They may make something what I'm thinking I need but can't find any so far. Got more searching to do, thanks __________________ jb

June 20, 2012, 08:30	#4
GOVT1911 Curio & Relic Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 9433 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raeford, NC Posts: 3,215	You could put two wheels on an axle kind of on the sides of that 2x4 base, so when the saw is in operation the wheels are barely off the ground. When you need to move it, you tip it back like a handtruck/moving dolly and wheel it around. does that make sense? Or hell, put those 2x4 bases on all your equipment you want to and then just go to Harbor Freight and buy on handtruck/moving dolly with large tires that will roll on gravel and use it to move your tools around....... __________________ I don't make policy, I just enforce the last 300 Meters of it.

June 20, 2012, 09:52	#6
308bolt Heathen Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 19255 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 19,967	I just mounted wheels to the back of the legs on my saw. I pick up the front so it sets back on those wheels and roll it wherever I like. My saw is an old cast iron Craftsman with a Delta Unifence attached so it's not a lightweight. You'll need pneumatic tires to roll yours on pea gravel. __________________ "The bandwagons rumble past. I sit here on the curb," ~ John Hartford ~ "Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it." ~ Samuel Adams ~

June 20, 2012, 10:04	#7
jimmbob letmebe Contributor FALaholic #: 41144 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 1313mockingbirdlane Posts: 2,980	Better yet, I think I'll $h!tcan the whole wooden base idea and just mount either a 2x4 or piece of steel attached to the front and rear leg on both sides extending out the rear a bit for the wheel/axle mount positioned to have the wheels slightly off the ground. Other ideas welcome __________________ jb

June 20, 2012, 10:11	#8
jimmbob letmebe Contributor FALaholic #: 41144 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 1313mockingbirdlane Posts: 2,980	308Bolt, I was busy writing when you posted. Your idea may be the best way to go, Thanks! Did'nt think of that yet. I'll have to check maybe harbor freight for some cheap pneumatic tires like my handcart has. This is getting easier as we go __________________ jb

June 20, 2012, 01:40	#2
FUUN063 Computer Illiterate Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 35576 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Converse, Indiana Posts: 4,579	I don't have any pics, but couldn't you simply attach four swivel casters to that wooden square to move it around. You know, the blow up type wheels/tires similar to the ones that are about the size of wheel barrow tires. I have also seen them with locks that would prevent it from moving around when running. Good luck. Leland

June 20, 2012, 20:42	#9
GOVT1911 Curio & Relic Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 9433 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raeford, NC Posts: 3,215	Well, there ya go! How about using small U-bolts to secure the axle to the legs at whatever height you need. You could just use a piece of steel bar for the axle, drill it for a cotter pin, then washer, then wheel from HF. The axle doesn't need to turn, the wheels I saw at HF had bearings. Hell, you could weld a piece of pipe to the center of the axle for a socket to slide a pipe handle in, but you wouldn't really need one. I mean, you're not taking this thing on a 20k ruckmarch, are ya? __________________ I don't make policy, I just enforce the last 300 Meters of it.

June 20, 2012, 21:57	#10
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 96 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 15,758	I've run into the same problem. I keep my table saw in the garage and move it into the shop only for the few times a year I use it. Pea gravel driveway. On-board wheels are too small. Need something like wheelbarrow tires. Or just a piece of plywood with a rope around it. Slide it over the gravel like a sled. __________________ T. Mark Graham Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems, LLC

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