HTC2000 Mobile Machine Base
Do you ever wish your hobby involved wheels? Maybe it’s while watching a NASCAR race. Maybe the lastest extreme skateboard event is on TV. Guys like wheels.
But while many woodshops have noisy, spinning objects, the wheels in a woodworking world are pretty boring and not worth mentioning. But, at my house today, four of them are worth mentioning. I’ve wanted to mobilize my table saw for quite a while but the bases available locally are very lightweight and very pricey, so my saw has been without wheels.
Lee Valley, however, came to my rescue. Wednesday afternoon I got an email from them announcing one of their “special buys” and this time it was the HTC2000 Mobile Machine Base for only $55CDN. This is a wonderful, heavy-duty base with larger wheels than most. I ordered one immediately and in less than 2 days it was on my doorstep.
Assembly is a no-brainer with one exception. You need to give some thought to how and where you locate the two corners with the lift wheels. For my table saw I located them as you see in the photo above as I wanted to be able to lift the front of the saw from the front when I moved it. The instructions show these on the long side of the base which would probably work well for a bandsaw or small jointer.
Mine goes under my saw tonight. Is it safe to drive a saw without a license?
Cheers — Larry
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