As another mini-project in making things more mobile, to make it easier to keep organized.
My drillpress has been pushed up against the wall for quite a while and I often find that I'd want it out in the room when I'm working on large or weirdly shaped things.
In general it'd just be much nicer if it wasn't so extremely difficult to move, it weighs in at around 400kg/900lbs so it's not so fun trying to slide it around on the floor.
So in comes my idea of putting it on wheels.
I don't want it taller than it already is so the wheels will be mounted quite high.
Started out making a kind of subframe for the front, 10mm flatbar bent to shape with oxytorch and then a 5mm flatbar welded in on the top to resist bending.
Then started making another part of the subframe around the back.
I want to have a wider stance than the foot, to make it even more stable than before, hence why I'm extending it backwards.
From what I've managed to "feel" when moving it around, the center of gravity seems to be just infront of the column so a "deeper" stance should help.
Temporary M10 bolts are holding this in place for now, I didn't have the M12 hardware I needed.
Next I was sorting through my scrap pile to see what could use to attach the wheels to.
Found these weird looking T-bars, I believe they've been used for some kind of rail/gantry system before.
Cut some pieces of it but didn't want it all square so played around with my mill for a while.
I often think of the saying "With a hammer in hand, everything looks like a nail", this is really true for owning a mill.
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I used Fusion 360 to make a program, it mills the piece down to correct height, mills the steps and then smooths it all over by going up and down the steps, pretty fun but slow process!
Right picture shows before/after, I did touch it up a bit with a flapdisc after the mill smoothed out the steps.
The holes are threaded so I can attach the casters/wheels underneath later.
The back has been chamfered down so I can get plenty of weld in there later.
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