Dolly for steering mobile base

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  • wan2fly
    Forum Newbie
    • Mar 2007
    • 31
    • San Francisco Bay area
    • Craftsman 21829

    Dolly for steering mobile base

    I bought the Harbor freight mobile base kit for my very heavy old cast iron 24" throat Delta scroll saw.
    The normal swivel wheels that come with this mobile base simply could not hold the weight. Nor would the 2x2 stringers they expect you to provide to span between the corners. So I replaced the wood stringers with square metal tubing, but the front swivel wheels still were sub par.
    So from a spare Harbor Freight trailer dolly I hacked and made this little steerable front wheel dolly.
    I give the credit and thanks to one I saw here made of wood and U-bolts entirely for the concept. I just used what I had available.
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  • Tom Slick
    Veteran Member
    • May 2005
    • 2913
    • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
    • sears BT3 clone

    #2
    good idea!
    That's called a johnson bar where I come from.
    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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    • wan2fly
      Forum Newbie
      • Mar 2007
      • 31
      • San Francisco Bay area
      • Craftsman 21829

      #3
      So that's what it's called.

      Knowing the correct name may allow me to append this to the thread that inspired me. I couldn't locate it in a search because I didn't have the right name.
      Thank you
      A tool FOR every Job,
      and
      A tool FROM every job

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      • lrogers
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2002
        • 3853
        • Mobile, AL. USA.
        • BT3000

        #4
        Once again, "shop-engineering" at it's finest!
        Larry R. Rogers
        The Samurai Wood Butcher
        http://splash54.multiply.com
        http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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        • Uncle Cracker
          The Full Monte
          • May 2007
          • 7091
          • Sunshine State
          • BT3000

          #5
          Necessity is the mother of invention (wish I had said it first...)

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