Hey mate, 20 seconds in and I say ducking brilliant by design, simplicity, aesthetics and overall functionality. This is the design I'm going with and thanks heaps.
This is a really nice design. Subscribed after seeing some of the innovative designs on this and other videos of yours. There is something really important that it looks like you did on yours but didn't mention. If the bottoms of the caster supports are not parallel to the ground the casters won't turn very well. I bought a similar vintage Craftsman saw with the steel frame and Craftsman wheel kit. The lifts didn't bring the stems of the casters all the way to vertical and I had to lift the heavy saw to get the casters to turn. They worked OK after I modified the mounts. Just wanted to point this out for anyone that decides to build their own.
Thanks for a great video. I appreciate the design walk through and issue list. If one is building a lift they should already know woodworking. Focusing on design and operation is what helps.
I've been looking for a better wheel system and this has some fantastic potential, excellent design, can be easily modified for size and weight to customize. Wonderful work.
Bravo! Well done, Justin. 🤜🤛 I have sought design ideas for a round beer keg dolly with single-action retractable casters. Your design is a perfect model to follow and has my brain a-churning’. In addition, I was in a fixed mindset that it had to be a mettle welding project. Thank you for the inspirational video.
Extremely great idea. The problem with most retractable casters, is that you have to be able to get to the caster to flip up or down. This would allow you to put it against a wall or in corner and flip up or down easily. One thing a person could insert a pin or screw into the disc shaped section of the arm to prevent arm to travel any farther, rather than relying to be stopped by table leg.
I've looked at dozens of designs and this is my favorite. I will try to build it. If you sold plans I'd buy them. While I can craft my own--buying yours would provide at least three advantages: (1) I'd give back a slight bit to your originality and effort; (2) I'd save a bit of time; (3) I'd be able to take your counsel and wisdom about whether the system is best served by attach the wheels to either the 24" or the 96" side of my 24x96" rolling workstation (and whether I should use 4 or 6 wheels on a heavy table). Best of luck. Of course, I subscribed.
I noticed you added extra screws to the hinges close to the pivot points. That's very important and prevents bending the hinges due to the high loads this design produces. Well done. I really like this one.
justin i have been watching since your apartment days and have inspired me a lot. i wourk between a spare room in my house and my some what covered back patio of a rental so a shop is kind of out option. love your work great ideas and great use of what you have and budget minded. keep it up
Great idea! I actually need this to raise and lower a hydraulic lift table (onto casters) for portability. The over-center design may be just the thing..
Nice build. I have a very similar saw but my cart is much different. However, I see that you have some kind of brush to block dust in the blade height adjustment slot. What did you use there? That is where a lot of my dust comes from.
Nice clean looking design Justin Half inch of lift is plenty to move it around BTW the shop modifications look great I’m a firm believer that working in a nicely finished area Helps you do more professional work overall Plus i like to work in a clean area as well working in commercial construction for over 20 years professionally guys used tomake fun of m because I kept the place and myself clean even though i was making saw dust all day long ! I might be borderline O.C.D. ? But it works for me LOL i worked out of a Kennedy brand tool box and. Ive always said that if i had a picture of my tool box from years ago. I would bet. That most of its contents are arranged the exact same way years later with the minor exception of a few additional tools or newer models
Always enjoy your videos, pick up something new every time, even - or perhaps especially - on the second or third pass. Q: what size casters were used? Height and width of the caster support members appear to be about the same?
Nice design. I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile. Your design looks the best so far. It's nice to find a video not plugging Rockler's $$$$ caster system.
Great job sir. Could this mechanism be applied to my current workbench project with the following dimensions 3' W x 8' L x 3' H [w/6ea. 4'x4' vertical post spread 4' apart 4 per front and back side] and [bottom plywood floor being 2 1/2" from the ground]? Thank you
Do you even lift bro lol nice setup Justin I am a big fan of levers and casters, also the shop is looking great how are you liking all the space compared to the bedroom shop u were in before?
Wow, great design and execution. I've been burning out my brain to come up with a simple system like this. I gotta tell ya: I'm gonna steal your design for use on my own tool tables. Thanks for sharing this. You obviously don't spend all your time with your eyes glued to a smartphone. (FYI: those things will suck your brain right out through your eyeballs. LOL)
Wouldn't it be simpler the other way around? So the casters are part of the table, and the solid blocks are retractable. Then you don't have to take the swivel of the casters in account. The wider base also makes it more stable when the solid blocks are pushed down.
No, for two reasons. The casters allow for a pivot point. Since the wheels are round they make the lifting action easy as they rotate and translate when lifting the saw. It would be much harder to lift using square legs. Also it's much better to have the legs be ridgid and solid with no moving parts since the saw sits on the legs. If the legs were on pivots or other moving system, there would likely be play and it would not be as stable when sitting on the legs.
Well done on the caster mechanism and the shop is looking really good!
I’ve been looking at a lot of ideas for retractable casters, but this idea is definitely part of the solution for my jointer and planer work bench.
Hey mate, 20 seconds in and I say ducking brilliant by design, simplicity, aesthetics and overall functionality. This is the design I'm going with and thanks heaps.
I was trying to imagine some sort of 4 bar setup, this is rad, great job, I will be adapting to steel for larger equipment, thanks!!!!
I gave your video a thumbs up long ago but, in case I didn't remark upon it, that's a striking paint job. Bravo.
NICE job. Simple yet very effective. Smart thinking.
That is utterly brilliant - I've been looking for a way to replace the castors on my planer/thicknesser with something more steady and this is it!
This is a really nice design. Subscribed after seeing some of the innovative designs on this and other videos of yours.
There is something really important that it looks like you did on yours but didn't mention. If the bottoms of the caster supports are not parallel to the ground the casters won't turn very well. I bought a similar vintage Craftsman saw with the steel frame and Craftsman wheel kit. The lifts didn't bring the stems of the casters all the way to vertical and I had to lift the heavy saw to get the casters to turn. They worked OK after I modified the mounts. Just wanted to point this out for anyone that decides to build their own.
Excellent point. Thanks for contributing!
This is awesome work. I don't think I've seen anyone do this in this way online.
Thanks for a great video. I appreciate the design walk through and issue list. If one is building a lift they should already know woodworking. Focusing on design and operation is what helps.
I've been looking for a better wheel system and this has some fantastic potential, excellent design, can be easily modified for size and weight to customize. Wonderful work.
Very good design. I think I will use a similar design for my mobile table saw stand. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you back. Looking forward to see what interesting things you aret going to make in that nice, new workshop!
you did a fantastic job my brother
Best idea on RUclips. Thanks 🙏
Bravo! Well done, Justin.
🤜🤛
I have sought design ideas for a round beer keg dolly with single-action retractable casters. Your design is a perfect model to follow and has my brain a-churning’. In addition, I was in a fixed mindset that it had to be a mettle welding project. Thank you for the inspirational video.
Extremely great idea. The problem with most retractable casters, is that you have to be able to get to the caster to flip up or down. This would allow you to put it against a wall or in corner and flip up or down easily. One thing a person could insert a pin or screw into the disc shaped section of the arm to prevent arm to travel any farther, rather than relying to be stopped by table leg.
Absolutely genius.
Great mechanism and clear description- thanks for sharing
That is a great design. Thanks for sharing the video. Will there be plans available for this?
I've looked at dozens of designs and this is my favorite. I will try to build it. If you sold plans I'd buy them. While I can craft my own--buying yours would provide at least three advantages: (1) I'd give back a slight bit to your originality and effort; (2) I'd save a bit of time; (3) I'd be able to take your counsel and wisdom about whether the system is best served by attach the wheels to either the 24" or the 96" side of my 24x96" rolling workstation (and whether I should use 4 or 6 wheels on a heavy table). Best of luck. Of course, I subscribed.
So simple yet so effective.
This couldn't have been more timely. I've been in design mode on a compact caster mechanism for a while now. This should get me over the hump. Thanks!
I noticed you added extra screws to the hinges close to the pivot points. That's very important and prevents bending the hinges due to the high loads this design produces.
Well done. I really like this one.
Good eye! You are correct
Nice, I thought it was all steel, blew me away when you said it was wood
That's a lot simpler than the one I was thinking up. Thanks for the idea.
justin i have been watching since your apartment days and have inspired me a lot. i wourk between a spare room in my house and my some what covered back patio of a rental so a shop is kind of out option. love your work great ideas and great use of what you have and budget minded. keep it up
Thanks for watching for so long!
Nice project, nice presentation, nice paint job. Thanks.
heck yeah! thank you, I've been thinking about trying to build something like this for weeks
really cool Justin, I wish I saw this video before I purchased one....
nice simple design,shop is comming along nicely
Cant wait to see what comes out of your new shop.
What a great idea Mate
Brilliant conception, very clever design
Great design Justin. Just what I need. Workshop coming along nicely.
Great design Justin. I want to see more of you. ❤️
Very smart 👍 Thanks for sharing your idea
I like this design. I think I'll do the same. Thanks!
Great job! Excellent Table Saw upgrade!
Great design.
Awesome work.
Excellent design! You and Andy Klein should collaborate sometime... scary what you guys might come up with.
That would be fun!
Great ideal 👍 have to make one for my table saw
Great idea! I actually need this to raise and lower a hydraulic lift table (onto casters) for portability. The over-center design may be just the thing..
Hi, great design and it meets your needs very well
Very, Very and Very Good.
Great design! I want to build a large caster version of this. For increased clearance.
Nice build. I have a very similar saw but my cart is much different. However, I see that you have some kind of brush to block dust in the blade height adjustment slot. What did you use there? That is where a lot of my dust comes from.
Nice clean looking design Justin Half inch of lift is plenty to move it around BTW the shop modifications look great I’m a firm believer that working in a nicely finished area Helps you do more professional work overall Plus i like to work in a clean area as well working in commercial construction for over 20 years professionally guys used tomake fun of m because I kept the place and myself clean even though i was making saw dust all day long ! I might be borderline O.C.D. ? But it works for me LOL i worked out of a Kennedy brand tool box and. Ive always said that if i had a picture of my tool box from years ago. I would bet. That most of its contents are arranged the exact same way years later with the minor exception of a few additional tools or newer models
Thanks Craig! I think I spend as much time cleaning as I do building. I've got some ocd as well!
Excellent idea, cool.
thats genius, man !
I'm watching your video
It is wonderful to make and use your own woodworking machine.
I am making you like it and using it
Always enjoy your videos, pick up something new every time, even - or perhaps especially - on the second or third pass.
Q: what size casters were used? Height and width of the caster support members appear to be about the same?
Nice design. I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile. Your design looks the best so far. It's nice to find a video not plugging Rockler's $$$$ caster system.
Genius Sir!
Thanks for sharing.
Well Done!
Great job sir. Could this mechanism be applied to my current workbench project with the following dimensions 3' W x 8' L x 3' H [w/6ea. 4'x4' vertical post spread 4' apart 4 per front and back side] and [bottom plywood floor being 2 1/2" from the ground]? Thank you
Да, станочек получился классный!
Do you even lift bro lol nice setup Justin I am a big fan of levers and casters, also the shop is looking great how are you liking all the space compared to the bedroom shop u were in before?
Thanks Patrick! The bigger shop is nice but still not big enough!
nice job!
Wow, great design and execution. I've been burning out my brain to come up with a simple system like this. I gotta tell ya: I'm gonna steal your design for use on my own tool tables. Thanks for sharing this. You obviously don't spend all your time with your eyes glued to a smartphone. (FYI: those things will suck your brain right out through your eyeballs. LOL)
Beautiful!
Brilliant Justin! Subbed
great big area,where is that?
A good design Sir...Did you refer or is it all your own work, and how did you decide what position the timbers that hold the castors should be in...?
I had some inspiration from Carl (see description)
I put the timbers that hold the casters where they are based on lifting the saw 1/2 inch off the ground.
Wouldn't it be simpler the other way around? So the casters are part of the table, and the solid blocks are retractable. Then you don't have to take the swivel of the casters in account. The wider base also makes it more stable when the solid blocks are pushed down.
No, for two reasons. The casters allow for a pivot point. Since the wheels are round they make the lifting action easy as they rotate and translate when lifting the saw. It would be much harder to lift using square legs. Also it's much better to have the legs be ridgid and solid with no moving parts since the saw sits on the legs. If the legs were on pivots or other moving system, there would likely be play and it would not be as stable when sitting on the legs.
What’s your PCD of your rotating arm please
Nic you are engineer thank you very much
Bravo. Un saludo.
Is the other side the same? As far as the 2x4s and door hinges?
Yes of course. The other side is a mirror image.
Perfect!👏👏👍💪
Great.
Aliens visited this guy!
Hey are you ever gonna do anything new? Last video is a month old...
Lots of projects in the hopper... Just got to make the time!
👍🥃🏴