Is this a safe configuration?I

[ironhat]

I bought the Sears mobile base a while back and it has been doing temporary duty for the past 6 months. It's time to place this under the Ridgid 6" jointer as planned. I have realized that the base rails are too short to allow the last securement pin to engage the hole by about 1.5". I wish I could recall right now how much rail that leaves from the proposed new hole to the end but I'm assuming that it's designed to be the way it is delivered! Hence, get new rails or alter these (?). I know that the info is a bit iffy but I'm looking for thoughts on this. I hate the thought of having to track down and drill a new piece of bar stock (recently had to do this and was treated like a PITA due to the small deal - maybe I could have the ends beveled and additional stock welded on and the excess bead ground off.

Your thoughts?... 1. Go ahead and drill new holes
2. Buy the new stock and drill two holes in both
3. Grind, weld and grind again (I know someone who can do the welding if I come up with the stock)

Chiz

[LCHIEN]

Chiz, the only mobile base I ever remember seeing at Sears is the Craftsman labeled HTC2000.
Still in the catalog - Sear's HTC2000:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...seBVCookie=Yes

The HTC2000 comes with a number of angle irons perforated every inch and a bunch of nuts and bolts to form the base.
The corners are triangular plates. (Image from Amazon)



You form the base to your dimensions by overlapping and bolting together the angle irons and or removing them. Basically you make the interior of the base 1-2 inches larger than the outside tool base dimensions and the tool sits on the four triangular plates.

So, you should be able to make the base any reasonable size you want. The stock bars provided should adjust plenty to handle a jointer base which are generally not too large.

[ironhat]

Sorry guys, I'll have to try to fire up the wife's camera and make a go of it but it probably won't be tonight. Loring, this unit has 90* pockets in the corners and the steel bar is inserted sufficiently to make the desired length and is secured by spring loaded pins which are held at the corners and fit into the holes in the bar to secure it in the pockets. Hold off on responses, folks, and I'll try to post a pic. Apologies for the poor description.

Chiz