DIY BT3100 castors - help!

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  • greenacres2
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 633
    • La Porte, IN
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #16
    Not too long ago somebody posted pictures of using spacers to change the angle of the BT3xxx casters so the lift didn't have to be so high--i've been meaning to try that.

    earl

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    • Pappy
      The Full Monte
      • Dec 2002
      • 10453
      • San Marcos, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 (x2)

      #17
      I came up with a castor bracket based on the Wood magazine mobile base that could be bolted to my BT3. I never have mounted the finished product but the MDF prototype worked as I hoped.

      The prototype:
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      The lift incorperated into the jointer base:
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      It shouldn't be too hard to modify the back of the lift to match the angle for the splayed leg base on a BT3100.
      Don, aka Pappy,

      Wise men talk because they have something to say,
      Fools because they have to say something.
      Plato

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      • Richard in Smithville
        Veteran Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 3014
        • On the TARDIS
        • BT 3100

        #18
        Way up here in the Great White North, I shopped at one of our hardware chains and bought a mobile stand on sale for around 30 dollars. If you can find something similar, it works great.

        Work Stand
        From the "deep south" part of Canada

        Richard in Smithville

        http://richardspensandthings.blogspot.com/

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