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8th May 2017, 07:02 PM #1Senior Member
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MFT 3 Castors
The TNT truck rocked up today with my MFT3-VL, on a pallet.
While setting it up, i had a quick look at the legs, has anyone just used round tube instructs with a 10mm thread and then just bolted on a castor?
I have to reduce the height of the table anyway down to 800mm high for easier use from a wheelchair, i was going to just weld up a new frame and use that, but I'm thinking its going to be easier to use thread inserts.
I'll just have to measure the height of the bottom rail the end of the tube to see if i can enough length to allow for the 100mm height reduction, castor height and insert.
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10th May 2017, 06:05 PM #2Senior Member
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Well i got out to the shed today to have a look, the tube is 35mm with a 32mm internal insert, this is with a tape measure, my digital callipers are somewhere in a removalist box... but which box
Not much in the way of 32mm threaded tube inserts out there, or expanding collets.
The height from the floor to the lower rail is 250mm, so in theory it can be done.
Although the VL CMS extension legs both have level adjustors and the MFT 3 has 1 as well, and it looks a pita to try and get it out.
I'm going to explore my old idea of making a steel frame on castors and utilise the same holes that the legs mount on too.
It also allows me to sell it with the standard legs in the future if i decide i no longer need it, i doubt i will, but the option is there.
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12th May 2017, 10:50 AM #3Senior Member
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Fallshaw have expanding tube ends to suit 35mm OD with 1.6mm wall thickness, they're a nylon thread but are strong enough for what you use an MFT for. Takes an M10 pintle bolt which allows a good choice of castors.
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12th May 2017, 11:10 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Castors will not work properly if they are mounted in a leg which is splayed out.
They have to be used in a vertical tube and the Festool legs are all splayed so to get the castors to track properly you have to bend the end of the leg into a vertical position.
The best solution is to fold up the legs and build a new base to fit under the MFT3/VL at the height that you require. You can then add castors and tool storage as you require.
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