So has anyone ditched their casters for feet? If so, what feet did you end up going with? I’ve been thinking of fixing my Crossfire to the ground, and if I need to move it I can use my hydraulic table cart on the bottom shelf to get it around.
Is anyone out there locked-in, and if so how did you do it?
[edit] I forgot to mention that mine came with the inserts pre-installed… Hmm something like this seems like a cool idea:
Or these…
I haven’t used the 2nd casters you posted on my plasma table, but i use them for benches and equipment at work all the time. They are very nice quality (I use the version with a threaded stem instead of the mounting plate, but the rest of the caster is the exact same). The benches become surprisingly sturdy when the solid support is lowered
Yeah those look awesome. I wonder if the threads would fit, maybe it’s a universal thing (doubt it). I’ve emailed both companies to see. If so it would be an easy, easy mod.
These are awesome, almost plug and play. Keep us updated please
Yeah, I think I’m definitely going to order them. The question is whether or not to get the plate or or the screw, currently waiting on Langmuir to tell me the size of the screw on the off-chance that it fits. I guess I could possibly get a machinist to do something that works or something, but we’ll see.
I refuse to weld it, I don’t like the look of it and had a bad experience with zinc.
Update,
So the casters are M10 screws while the “leveling casters” are M12. I guess I could re-thread the M12 to fit the M10 or mount the plate casters via welding, but I don’t want to put any ugly welds on the table. There are other routes I could go here, but in the end I decided to go with my original plan and try out some heavy duty leveling fixed feet.
I don’t move the machine that much, and when I need to I will using my handy hydraulic table cart.
I may get these and just use the cross fire to create adapter plates that screw into the M10 threaded holes and the casters can bolt to it. That way it’s always reversible if they don’t work out or if I sell it and someone doesn’t want a heavily modified table.
Or my other idea was to cut brackets that sandwich to the legs like most people use for the laptop stand or bottom shelf and they’ll have a large diameter threaded rod with solid feet. Same idea, it’s not permanent.
Yep I thought about the first part, but the problem is the caster plate holes are 2.5" apart, meaning if you create an adapter plate the screws will bump into the legs… Unless you stand them off somehow.
I went with these, they are actually on right now and make a HUGE difference in stability. Before when I would wiggle the machine torch the whole table would wiggle, now it’s much more solid even without water. I can still get some movement, but I suspect that’ll be almost gone when i fill the table up with 5-7 gallons of weight.
Here it is installed, it’s pretty beefy! The shorter the thread, the more stable the table becomes. As I have it now it lowered everything by 2".
I was going to create a stand off by bending the plates with my press brake. But those feet look a lot easier and cheaper. I never really have a reason to move my table around. Thanks for the link.
I move mine every once in a while, but I can do it now with my hydraulic table once I get the shelf built. I’ll have to make it higher though as my table only drops to 9" off the ground… no biggie for me as long as I can get a bucket in there.
That looks like the rolling base unit I got from Harbor Freight for my blast cabinet.
I have this kit under my table saw. Every level is fastened to the next so it acts as one piece when moved. My experience is this is very awkward to move in any direction but straight forward and back in the direction of the fixed wheels. For something as heavy as the plasma table, especially if you have the water table and any custom water storage for easy fill/drain operations it would end up being a huge pain. It also only adjusts two legs for leveling. My preference is for rotating 360 degree castors with leveling feet on all four corners for overall ease of use. Great discussion thanks for all the great ideas.
Your welcome, I was surprised there weren’t many discussions prior.
The stability of the Crossfire just leaves a lot to be desired as is. I completely understand why though as they want to keep the price down while making it mobile.
