[nateman_doo]

The week just won't go by fast enough will it?? can not wait to see this thing.

[petruscad]

Moving on with the infamous and controversial wood base!

Here are the pieces being fitted to the mill base to see if everything lines up.
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And here is the box structure completely glued and the casters installed on each foot.
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This is a closeup of the anatomy of a foot. The plate is glued and screwed to the foot (note that this also effectively seals the end of the leg!). The casters are simply screwed through the plate and into the leg itself.
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Each caster is rated for 110lb so I have 440lb per foot. When fully loaded it may not be very easy to roll the whole mill around at will, but that's not the purpose. The purpose is only to be able to move the mill from the middle of the garage where it will be assembled to against one of the walls where its final place will be (~10 feet) without the use of a forklift or any other contraption of that sort.

[RCaffin]

Hi petrus

I have (bigger) hard rubber wheel casters on my wood base, but my 'concrete' floor is close to 100 years old and not what you would call 'flat' any more. Not real good concrete either. Oh well.

I was concerned that the hard rubber wheels might deform over the years, so once I got it into position I jacked it up with a crowbar and slipped wide wood blocks under the timber frame at the corners. Now the wheels are free. And I shimmed each block so the top was pretty level and very stable. Works for me.

Cheers
Roger

[nateman_doo]

Hi petrus

I have (bigger) hard rubber wheel casters on my wood base, but my 'concrete' floor is close to 100 years old and not what you would call 'flat' any more. Not real good concrete either. Oh well.

I was concerned that the hard rubber wheels might deform over the years, so once I got it into position I jacked it up with a crowbar and slipped wide wood blocks under the timber frame at the corners. Now the wheels are free. And I shimmed each block so the top was pretty level and very stable. Works for me.

Cheers
Roger

I was going to suggest that to him, and anchor it to the floor.

[RCaffin]

> anchor it to the floor.

Ah well, there must be 500 kg there, trolley plus CNC. Gravity seems to do a fine job of anchoring it down for me. And the wood is not very slippery.

Cheers
Rogr