Well crud. It would appear the all thread I got for the axle is 5/8 not 1/2". Need to head out to Home Depot tomorrow for the remaining item.

Hello DBHOST,

Have followed your flip top tool stand posts. I am thinking of building one for my belt/disc sander. Wondering if you have any suggestions/recommendations for the height.

Thanks in advance.

NG

My sides were 28", with 2 layers 3/4" ply, The base is 1 layer, the spreader / caster cleats was another so 29.5" + 3-3/8" + for the casters. I believe total height is just at 33-7/8" which works perfectly for me.

Casters used were cheap Harbor Freight 3" polyurethane casters, one pair locking, one pair not locking, all swivel.





Axle is 1/2" - 13 TPI threaded rod with 1/2" washers, 2 between each side and the flip platform, and 1 between each side and the nuts. On stand #1. I used double nutted / jam nutted arrangement. On #2 I went with nylon insert stop nuts. Go with stop nuts. It's a cleaner build and takes up less space. The double washering on the inside gives a metal to metal bearing surface instead of metal to wood.

UNLESS you can get lucky enough to get sandwich middle wood that is right at the OD of the 1/2" threaded rod, you will need some sort of bushing material. I used Schedule 40 PVC pipe that I sanded opposing sides flat and to the thickness of the plywood using my Rigid Sander. Do this OUTSIDE! You WILL make a mess.

I'll be the first to admit I don't quite understand caster ratings, but these are rated at 200lb, so I would think right or wrong, that 200x4 is 800lbs, which is WAY above what these will ever see.

The cart itself might weigh 30lbs if I am being overly generous.

My Ryobi AP1301 planer is 54lbs
Shipping weight of a Wen spiral head 8" benchtop jointer is 78.8lbs including packaging, you can assume the actual jointer probably only weighs 70lbs. So loaded the entire assembly is probably under 160lbs, meaning each caster has a load distributed to it of 40lbs.

They roll easy, flip easy, the simple pin swivel lock mechanism locks tight and is super easy to use. I am hard pressed to find something not to like here...

Oh and one last if I had it to do over again thing. Do not through / carraige bolt the tools. If the backside gets loose you are hosed. Instead use thread inserts or lag bolts.