I have a BT3000 with the older rectangular stand. I would build a mobile base (rolling workstation) for it, but I have limited space and find the metal stand handy for accessing the inner parts of the saw (through the bottom) for maintenance.
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A BT3K user has added washers to the top holes of this BT3000 wheels to get the rubber closer to the ground. The way the casters are normally installed, you have to lift the opposite end of the saw quite high to move it around. With washers installed, he says he has to lift approx. 1 foot less!
This got me to thinking. I could make the same change, and then purchase one of these:
(Step-on caster only, about $16). I could mount it on a strip of wood, and mount that strip of wood to the bottom of my BT3000 stand opposite the Ryobi casters (there are even holes present on that side of the stand). Then prehaps I could have a mobile base for $16 that uses with my current stand.
The question I have is whether the 3/4" lift the step-on caster provides would be enough to get those Ryobi casters on the ground.
Would the wedges that have been supplied w/ caster sets for the BT3100 help me? Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad of the Ryobi wheels were always on the ground. They don't swivel.
I'd sorta like to avoid the standard metal-frame bases, as I think my feel would kick the metal angle in front of the saw a lot.
Any thoughts?
On this page:
A BT3K user has added washers to the top holes of this BT3000 wheels to get the rubber closer to the ground. The way the casters are normally installed, you have to lift the opposite end of the saw quite high to move it around. With washers installed, he says he has to lift approx. 1 foot less!
This got me to thinking. I could make the same change, and then purchase one of these:
(Step-on caster only, about $16). I could mount it on a strip of wood, and mount that strip of wood to the bottom of my BT3000 stand opposite the Ryobi casters (there are even holes present on that side of the stand). Then prehaps I could have a mobile base for $16 that uses with my current stand.
The question I have is whether the 3/4" lift the step-on caster provides would be enough to get those Ryobi casters on the ground.
Would the wedges that have been supplied w/ caster sets for the BT3100 help me? Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad of the Ryobi wheels were always on the ground. They don't swivel.
I'd sorta like to avoid the standard metal-frame bases, as I think my feel would kick the metal angle in front of the saw a lot.
Any thoughts?
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