I am looking for a design idea here...I built myself a small table for
welding, working on heavy items, etc. some time ago. Its made of 2" inch
angle iron (2 inches on each side of the angle and quite thick steel) and
then a 5/16" steel plate on top. The top is is 32x36 inches. The whole
thing is quite heavy, it was used as a I need to learn how to weld bench
and its wonderful to have in the shop.
As my garage gets smaller and smaller, I need to move this heavy s.o.b.
around often, I was thinking of putting casters on but I don't want it
moving while i work on something and caster locks just don't cut it when
you are hammering on some parts on the top. Ideally I would find some
retracting casters that would allow the thing to be solid on its legs and
yet easy to move the rest of the time. I found some at Sears for their band
saw table but they are too flimsy for this table. I have also seen casters
on a hinge, where you lift the table end, flip the casters down and lift
the other end to move it around.
Any suggestions ?
mike
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