[Shop-talk] Tool Dolly

[john]

I'm like Doug...never had much success with "plasticky" stuff with questionable wheels...
 
I'd 
invest in some good bearing wheels or at least metal bushings of adequate 
size...( the larger the wheel...the easier it will roll) giving  consideration 
to how much 
it's going to raise my work surface.
good wheels will cost as much as the "land of almost right" platform
 
I'd 
either find a suitably sized pallet or build a substantial  wood frame and bolt 
on the wheels.  
The wheels could be recessed some to reduce the height and it would also limit 
its tendency to tip if you hit something on the floor.
 
depending on your collections of scraps and drops..the cost of the wheels might 
be your only expense
john

 



 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com>
To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>, <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: 11/26/2022 8:24:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Tool Dolly





Those Amazon models look pretty plasticky - I double they would survive a 400 
lb. tool, especially the $23 model.


I have two of this Bora model: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PATV14A.  
One holds my bandsaw, and the other my mini-mill and
the chest of drawers (full of tools) it stands on.  They work great, and my 
mini-mill setup probably weighs 400 lb.


Doug



On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 7:33 AM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:

I might look at a place like Rockler, if only to see 
what's available and what you might call it for the purpose of a wider search .


On Sat, Nov 26, 2022, 00:30 John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:


I've 
got a heavy, about 300 - 400 lb tablesaw 
I'd like to put on some sort of
casters so I can easily move it around in the shop.  Push it back 
into a corner
when not in use, roll it out into an open space to use, them push it back.

I've 
done some searching on-line and see one at Northern Tools:

https://www.amazon.com/SPACECARE-Telescopic-Furniture-Locking-Adjustable-
STFD002/dp/B010UYRHRY/ref=sr_1_31 


and several on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/SPACECARE-Locking-Telescopic-Furniture-Adjustable-
STFD001/dp/B00ZW9P6BW/ref=sr_1_1_sspa 
300#

https://www.amazon.com/Ogrmar-Adjustable-Multi-functional-Telescopic-
Refrigerator/dp/B077CYXJBQ/ref=sr_1_6 
500#

https://www.amazon.com/SPACECARE-Telescopic-Furniture-Locking-Adjustable-
STFD002/dp/B010UYRHRY/ref=sr_1_31 
500#

In my search I've specifically said tool dolly.  But most of the items that
show up end up saying appliance dolly.

Anyone have any recommendations for a tool dolly.

John
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