Mobile base for 10" jointer

[martrix]

Here are some pics of my buzzer while I did some maintenance on it. Might be of some interest to someone who has never seen one with the tables off.

The dovetailed ways got a good clean with some EEE and a light pass over with a diamond hone to make sure everything was nice and smooth.

The main reason for doing this was so I could set up the tables properly, as they both dipped at the ends about 10mm:C .

When they went back together, I only ended up using about 0.7mm worth of shims, all on the outfeed table to get all the surfaces coplanar.

[martrix]

Pic 1 is the rusty steel I used that was lying around. I think it was around 38mm x 3mm. Its extra work to clean the rust off, but its cheaper than buying it.

Pic 2 is the frame completed bar the castors........:ohcrap:dont laugh at my welding.

Pic 3 pass over with the ETS 150/3 and a lick of paint. Tomorrow I will drill/tap all the necessary holes for the castor's and the stabilising feet.

Pic 4 is of my MIG....it was the first thing I ever welded. More pics when finished.

[Groggy]

Nice job there Martrix! Are you going to replace the bearings while it's in pieces?

[martrix]

Nice job there Martrix! Are you going to replace the bearings while it's in pieces?

No, they seem to still be in good nick so I just jammed some more grease in with the grease gun.

[martrix]

Finally got it done last night. I hate drilling 10mm holes with a power drill in steel.:Q

Pic 1.
I figured it would make life much easier if if got the machine onto the base before the castors were on, and then just jack it up a bit to bolt them on.

Simply tilted each end up by hand ( my back is reminding how heavy it was:rolleyes: ) and slipped under some sticks of redgum.
Then just danced it forward, much like the way moves:D , and then kerplunk into Pic 2. Bit of paint lost, no tears.

Pic 3.
The machine is bolted to the base and the castors bolted on. I made a base for my bandsaw, and it is a joke compared to this. No flex at all in the base apart from the flex in the castors, brilliant. I think I will beef up the bandsaw base.
All of my machines are now on wheels, so its going to make working and organising in the shop so much better with such a limited space.
There are also 4 stabilising feet that just screw down when you want to seat it in position.

Total cost (apart from my time and everything I already had)=$80

When I welded up the base, it ended up being a bit twisted(shamefully actually:- ). So once the machine was bolted to the base, I leveled up the whole machine with wedges, and then measured the appropriate packers for the castors.

The reason there is such big timber packers, is because I designed it to fit bigger Fallshaw castors, and at the moment its just got $10 total brake castors on. They seem to be pretty good, but of course time will tell.
I think I gained roughly 45mm in height, a compromise I'll happily make if it now means I can move this once immovable machine at any time.

Feel free to comment good/bad, or tell me what I should have done, cheers.

[DJ’s Timber]

Looks like a good strong base there Martrix, but tell me what is that lead that disappears into the blade cover

[martrix]

Looks like a good strong base there Martrix, but tell me what is that lead that disappears into the blade cover

Thanks DJ.
Its just a length of spring to pull back the guard against the fence.

I will make a better guard one day with one of those spring type things that incorporates with the same bolt the fixes the guard to the table.

[Harry72]

Looks the part Martrix, should've given the jointer a lick of paint!

[martrix]

Looks the part Martrix, should've given the jointer a lick of paint!
mmmm, the thought did cross my mind, but you know how it is...too many other things to get done.

I think I will wait until the bearings go on the cutter head. Once that happens and I have to change them, that will be the time when a resto will be in order......I might be waiting a while though (hopefully:( )

[Wild Dingo]

The reason there is such big timber packers, is because I designed it to fit bigger Fallshaw castors, and at the moment its just got $10 total brake castors on. They seem to be pretty good, but of course time will tell.
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Nothin but praise here mate... bloody good job!!... just that comment above... where in thunderation does one get ANY sort of brake castor for $10 a pop??? :o

Otherwise brilliant... and I know Ive gotta make some of them for all my machines! would be nice to be able to move thme around a bit without eithe bustin me knuts doing so or havin to wait hours for a couple of the boys to come visiting just to move them :C I think this is more important than the alaskan mill youve been tempting me with eh? Machine Freedom!! :2tsup:

[martrix]

Nothin but praise here mate... bloody good job!!... just that comment above... where in thunderation does one get ANY sort of brake castor for $10 a pop??? :o

Otherwise brilliant... and I know Ive gotta make some of them for all my machines! would be nice to be able to move thme around a bit without eithe bustin me knuts doing so or havin to wait hours for a couple of the boys to come visiting just to move them :C I think this is more important than the alaskan mill youve been tempting me with eh? Machine Freedom!! :2tsup:

Thats right WD, set your machines free! :plane:Its a beautiful thing being able to shift machinery around without blowing a foofer valve! Especially when its hard to swing a cat. :p :rolleyes:

Most general industrial supplies have no-name castors on the cheap. Look up Soundman also, hes got some heavy duty one too.

IMHO the best ones with 5 year guarantees are Fallshaw (http://www.fallshaw.com.au/productoverview/productoverview.htm)......extra $$'s though, but at least you can make up your own combination to suit your application. Their catalogue is hard to get your head around at first, and takes some studying.