3" Caster Upgrade - My Review

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:24 am

I think this is a solved case in that the casters are now working properly so what was in the past is in the past.

I do have just one more thing that I would find interesting is what people have for the hole spacing on the legs. Each leg has a pair of holes and when I measure mine they are 54" center to center for the center most set.

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Anyone else what to post some numbers to see how close they come?

Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:00 am

Mine (a 510) measure 54" (leg to leg). The holes in each leg are 4" ctc.

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:23 pm

dusty wrote:Mine (a 510) measure 54" (leg to leg). The holes in each leg are 4" ctc.

Looking like this might be the "standard" so if something is much shorter or much longer then something else is going on.

Do hope we get a few more people to do the measuring....

Ed

oldc6 · Post by **oldc6** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:37 pm

my measures the same. 54 inches. center to center.
both are used machines. one is 500 and other a 510.
I took legs off to transfer the machines home.
bolted legs back on and they still meassure the same as
others have mentioned.....

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:10 am

dusty wrote:I can not envision this so I suppose I should just let it go but if the legs were not flat footed and yet the accessory shelf fit doesn't that mean the legs were pulled too close together. Now, based on the photo, the legs are too far apart.

Oh well, it is good to know that you are back in business and making sawdust. After all, that is why you have all this gear. To make sawdust.

I think they were too close for 25 years and it only mattered when I did the caster upgrade, so I shimmed the casters. Then when I did the double-tilt the entire machine got correctly aligned, the 3" casters work perfect with no shims and after re-drilling the shelf everything is once again perfect.

This weekend I need to build the largest "shellac" coloring storage unit on earth for my wifes nail tech. It will hold 100's of colors and accessories and I get to use my new shaper.

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:30 pm

dusty wrote:I was going to wait until tomorrow but as I sat here, watching news that I did not want to hear, I suddenly found myself in the shop.

The results of the test are somewhat disappointing if I used 1/4" and 1/2" as the clearance requirements for mid position and upper position respectively.

The inconsistencies that I witness may be the result of small undulations in my concrete floor (which was in the early years a simple car port).

All four legs bottom out in the down position. The Mark V seems stable. After all of this, I will have to make some alignment checks but I expect them to be fine.

In the next raised position, I can insert 1/8" shims under all four legs. They are loose. I can insert an additional 1/8" shim (1/4") under only one leg. The other three vary but not enough for the second shim.

In the upper position, I can insert a 1/2" shim under one leg and another under a 2nd leg but it is much tighter. The other two will accept a 1/4" plus a 1/8" shim. One is snug and the other is almost snug.

Bottom Lin...!

Fascinating!
If the legs in upper positions are not equidistant from the floor at 4 points, and they are in contact at lower position (equidistant), imagine how much flex there is happening between the four corners' support of the MarkV!
I can almost hear your Way tubes and Bench tubes screaming at each other as the casters are lowered... AAaaaaaaarrrrggghhh!!

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:37 pm

dusty wrote:...
While we are discussing this, can anyone tell be why there are two up positions.
...!

Pos 1: SS on floor-- underneath storage cabinet, on its own casters, rolls out freely, SS rooted;
Pos 2: SS on casters, storage cab still on its own casters;
Pos 3: picks up storage cab along with SS so the hole thang can be rolled away

keakap · Post by **keakap** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:54 pm

reible wrote:L...on the actuator and the ground clearance increases to 1/2"
[*] A third step allows your Mark 7/Mark V to settle gently back onto the ground when you're ready to go to work.[...Ed

Ah yes, the folks in the sales department at SS have a great sense of humor.
"A third step allows your Mark 7/Mark V to settle gently back onto the ground..."

LOL!
Working the pedal only, the MarkV settles so gently that the old guy four houses down the street was jolted out of his afternoon nap by the crash.

Are they kidding?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:03 pm

dusty wrote: . . .
While we are discussing this, can anyone tell be why there are two up positions.
. . .

Takes less force to raise it 1/4" at a time than 1/2" at a time.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:59 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Takes less force to raise it 1/4" at a time than 1/2" at a time.

If you say so.