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Mobility is an essential in small shops, where several tools in succession must be used in the same space. It may also be very handy in larger shops, allowing a greater degree of utility for various tools, especially those used on a less than daily basis. Mobile bases come in a wide range of sizes, but adjustable units simplify selections.

You can even add a mobile base extension when your saw has a wide fence and attached table and legs. Selecting such a base means picking for one that fits your particular table saw, plus the side extensions. This mobile base is specifically designed to fit a wide range of saws and tables. The optional extension adds adjustments at the center support bar from the saw to the table legs, and at the leg base and the saw base, too, which makes the mobile base useful for even more tools. The adjustable mobile base pictured supports more than 600 pounds, and can be adjusted from 19" x 20 -1/2" to 29 -1/2" x 29 -1/2" to fit most popular machines. The four casters are 3" industrial grade heavy duty. Two casters have ball bearing swivels and two are stationary. Steel in the base is up to 1/4" thick for great strength, and the base is durable enough for long term, frequent machinery movement.

The extension kit easily bolts on to the above base to provide support for an extension table or similar device. Makes the whole machine and extension able to move as one unit. Adjustable for length (up to 44") as well as front to back. Versatility is high, and durability is superb.

» Woodcraft Adjustable Mobile Base

Make your tools easy to move, use, and store. Stable 4-wheel design features all steel construction with 400-pound capacity. Frame adjusts in 1" increments to easily expand from 14" to 52". Maximum square is 36" x 36", maximum rectangle is 20" x 52". Stability is maintained through two adjustable rubber leveling feet. Unit is easily lifted by stepping on simple foot-activated metal cam levers.

» Heavy Duty Adjustable Mobile Bases

Running out of shop space? Mobile Bases allow you to move machinery out of the way when not needed, freeing up that valuable real estate! This universal mobile base adjusts from 18-1/2" x 20" to 29" x 29" while supporting up to 600 lbs. The base rolls on 4 heavy-duty 3" industrial grade casters. A “plunger” system is used for locking and leveling the bases without the use of tools. This base does not require any cutting or the purchase of additional materials.

Shop Fox Super HD Mobile Base has a 1200 lb. capacity and adjustments to fit machines from 18" x 24-1/2" to 28-1/2" x 33-1/2".
Shop Fox Mini Mobile Base allows you to mobilize tools with smaller footprints. Adjusts from 10-1/2" x 14-1/2" to 17" x 21-1/2". Capacity is 600 lbs.
Shop Fox Mobile Base Extension mobilizes a tablesaw with an extension table and legs. Combined with an HD Shop Fox mobile base, this kit can handle legs that are as much as 44" from the base.

General International Mobile Bases

HTC3000 Mobile Base

Universal Mobile Base Hardware

Retracting Casters For Contractor Style Saws

» Woodcraft Magazine Issue 15: March 2007

You’ll find project plans to make classy, stackable storage trays for poker chips, a versatile wheeled work desk, an elegant tray for serving sushi and a wooden smoothing plane inspired by a James Krenov design.

Discover what set Marc Adams on a woodworking career path that led to the founding of the Marc Adams School of Woodworking where woodworkers come to learn from the best craftsmen in the field.

Reviews of the Pinnacle Honing Guide and Woodpeckers LE Router Tables are included, along with 12 new products for your shop.

» Woodcraft Magazine Issue 14: January 2007

Projects include a 75-gallon aquarium that doubles as a piece of fine furniture, a pocket humidor, mission-style frames and three wooden stamp holders to inspire entrants in the second “Think Small, Win Big” contest.

Meet Thomas Lie-Nielsen who has been building a well-respected hand tool brand and a successful manufacturing company – Lie-Nielsen Toolworks – for the past 25 years.

Reviews include: Jet Slow Speed Wet Sharpener, Proxxon’s miniature tools and the revolutionary SawStop table saw. Also, 13 new products for your shop and the development of a new product – a woodcarver’s vise.