Finally I got my new machine set up. I have not powered up the spindle or hooked up the vacuum but I thought you guys would like to see the wheels I added. We were discussing them in another thread.
The wheels are from Bennington Manufacturing
Pardon my non photogenic appearance
I have been working for days getting this set up. I had to drill holes in the legs for the wheels. Figuring out where to put them was a bit of a challenge. Maybe C3D will partner with this company to offer these wheels and predrill the legs.
I ended up having to extend the feet more than I wanted to for the wheels to disengage properly. I may move the wheels up later. You can see this puts the table top pretty high, I think 37”.
They work well though and I am really glad I installed them. I moved and rotated the machine constantly during build. I was worried about being able to lift it but it is not too bad.
@CullenS That setup is looking good! Those wheels and feet are pretty cool although personally I’m not a fan of having to lift the table to engage/disengage them. I say that because I’m setup in my garage and in the winter I’d be doing it every time I move the car out and pull the table away from my workbench and cabinets. By the looks of your shop though it would work great.
I tried to install linear actuators this weekend to raise the table so that the wheels will engage/disengage but I could not find an acceptable way to mount them for things to work correctly.
I am rethinking the approach to see if there is anything viable. Maybe using a large cam driven by the actuators to do the lifting. The fact that one side may be on wheels while the other side is lifting makes it complicated. When I lift the table manually I provide stability in addition to the lifting force.
I am redesigning the approach for the linear actuators to raise the table.
In the meantime I finished the toolbox that slides under the table. I got it at Wally World and ended up replacing the casters since two of the ones that came with it were fixed and left nasty marks on the floor when it slid.
I used my laser to decorate the drawer fronts. It messed up on the CNC image on the lower drawer for some reason but it’s OK for the garage. Now I need to cut my foam inserts.
