Thanks guys.
One of by buddies Rick is a stand wizard. He built a cool similar stand for his power hacksaw (only taller) which inspired the stand for mine. I wanted it to be short enough to go under my lathe stand when not in use so when Rick kindly lent me the templates he developed while building his stand and I made a shortened set based on these. I started the project months ago then got busy with other things but got back on it recently. The ends are from a scrap of birch ply. I didn't measure but am guessing about 5/8 thick. The sides of the legs started as treated 2X10 scraps. I needed the thickness so I could cut in the contours.
The stand and machine proved to be pretty heavy so it didn't slide easily from under the lathe. Rick mentioned he put on some wheels and moved his wheelbarrow style so of course I copied that also. I looked for some low profile casters and not finding anything I liked, I decided to make the rollers (gotta do somethin' with these tools). I didn't want to spoil the look of the stand and I also had clearance issues. The stand was designed to fit under the lathe with only 1 1/2" of clearance. The wheel setup is pretty simple and adequate for moving the saw over the smooth shop floor.
The bottom of the legs formed an L shape:
So I notched out the back side of this L.
I took some 1" Delrin and drilled a 1/4" hole through it and cut off two 1" slices:
Digging around in the junk boxes I found a couple of brackets that could be modified:
I ground a radius around the existing 1/4" hole and used some clevis pins for the axles. Using a couple of support blocks the brackets were screwed to the inside of the legs so one end of the axle is supported by the bracket and one end by a hole drilled in the leg. The bottom edge of the leg was also radiused for clearance.
The entire design was governed by what I could find laying around the shop and could certainly be improved. My original thought was to put 3/8" foot pads inboard of the rollers and also on the other legs so it would sit on the pads in use but rock up onto the rollers while being moved. I may still do this but will use it for a while first and see if it is really needed.
Phil
