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   kudzupatch | Nov 04, 2021 09:27am | #1

   You can find folding or locking casters, not sure the terms they use, but the bench would sit on the floor. Then you step on the casters, raise the bench onto the wheels and roll it around. Never done this but just moving into a smaller shop and I can see the advantages.

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   john_c2 | Nov 04, 2021 09:29am | #2

   I've never used a mobile base on a workbench. But I have wheels on all 4 legs. They retract when I want all 4 legs firmly on the floor, and raise up when rolling it away.

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   user-7188754 | Nov 04, 2021 11:06am | #3

   I have the folding casters on my heavy bench. They work quite well. I move the bench out onto the driveway when flattening slabs in order to avoid a DEFCON 3 mess in the shop.

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   3steers | Nov 04, 2021 01:12pm | #4

   Thanks for the comments on work bench casters. I have looked at them online, but the mounting plates require the top mounting bolt/screw to be about 4" +/= off the floor. My bench is a reworked grainger maple topped work table with a pressed steel leg structure. I screwed 2 1/2" thick hardwood sled feet to the feet of the steel legs to raise the height and provide another structural member. I would have to screw and glue an additional wood board to the side that is wide enough to provide support for the top mounting bolt. I was hoping the mobility base would be magic solution that avoided modifying the feet of the bench.
   The more I look at mobility base, I realize it probably won't work for what I need. All the bases have two wheels that are in contact with the ground at all times. The wheels move in direction with long dimension of the bench, which is also the direction of any lateral load from hand planing.The other end of the base unit sits on two small rubber adjustable feet. The friction between the small feet and the floor are the only thing keeping the bench from rolling away when one tries to plane a board. I don't see that working for long.

   Thanks for the input, now to order the caster kit.

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   [email protected] | Nov 22, 2021 04:24pm | #5

   The casters I purchased from Lee Valley were not able to support my european bench.Have moved my shaper and bench using those square furniture sliders and I am 80 years of age

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   mikaol | Nov 22, 2021 05:16pm | #6

   I'm 70 & lazy. I built 2 benches to avoid moving anything, except a tool rack. It's amazing what you can do with 6 non-pressure treated 4x4s, a router & some screws.
   Mikaol