Workshop fails
Posted: 13 Jan 2019, 17:19
Over Xmas & the new year I try & get bits & pieces done in the workshop while I don’t need to be working in there, one of those bits was to make a mobile base for my bandsaw.
On all the other bases I’ve made I’ve used Rutlands casters as they are all locking & take 140kg each, as the bandsaw wasn’t as heavy as my other machines I foolishly decided to look online for no mar casters & found what looked to be a suitable set, three weeks after installation that decision proved to be a bad one
This was the front caster when I finally got the base off the machine which involved lowering the saw onto its back I found the rear castor under the main upright section of the machine had split into 3 parts on the plastic drum section.
So after much grinding to remove the old casters as they’d been welded on the new casters duely delivered from Rutlands on Friday were masked up, welded on & the paint work touched up.
After which was the not inconsiderable task of uprighting the saw & getting it 6 & 1/2” high so I could slide the modified base under the machine
Finally the saw is resting in its base ironically although far easier to move even when the old casters were new the machine is more solid when the casters are in the locked position
Note to self, always go with what you know works
On all the other bases I’ve made I’ve used Rutlands casters as they are all locking & take 140kg each, as the bandsaw wasn’t as heavy as my other machines I foolishly decided to look online for no mar casters & found what looked to be a suitable set, three weeks after installation that decision proved to be a bad one
This was the front caster when I finally got the base off the machine which involved lowering the saw onto its back I found the rear castor under the main upright section of the machine had split into 3 parts on the plastic drum section.
So after much grinding to remove the old casters as they’d been welded on the new casters duely delivered from Rutlands on Friday were masked up, welded on & the paint work touched up.
After which was the not inconsiderable task of uprighting the saw & getting it 6 & 1/2” high so I could slide the modified base under the machine
Finally the saw is resting in its base ironically although far easier to move even when the old casters were new the machine is more solid when the casters are in the locked position
Note to self, always go with what you know works