Retractable Bench Wheels - Why Buy If You Can DIY?
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- To make the most of my small woodworking workshop I need the ability to move things around. Because I hope to add this mechanism to all my shop benches and stand I designed and built my own version of retractable caster wheels.
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Genius at work! 👏
The first half of the th-cam.com/users/postUgkx3ICSK6nSknaL_45CU2NmFSoXjarGMDiJ book is everything about wood: types, tools, finishes, setting up shop etc. The second half is all about doing projects for inside and outside of the home. The color pictures are helpful. After reading a dozen of these types of books, this is probably the best overall (layout, color photos, plans). Only detraction is that many of the projects use a table saw/router/planer, which are usually expensive and take up space, so the plans are less friendly to newcomers and the budget conscious. But I know I can use a drill, circular saw or a jigsaw to make the projects.
Nice mechanism !! Overly complicated but really nice
I was so glad to see that you included a foot treadle to activate them. It's the one thing that all of the commercial units lack. Putting them on a workbench and then activating them one at a time is the surest way to send things out of square by racking them. Well done, Sir. As always.
Lekker project! Nice to see a South African contributing!
This is ingenious. I've watched it a few times before, never noticed how it works. Brilliant
Thanks Jean, as usual very well planned
It is always impressive to see the ingenuity with which extremely clever solutions are found and implemented. Some projects will definitely be implemented in my own workshop. Thank you for the inspirations and the great videos. keep it up.
Olli you are way to generous with your praises this has been done to death by dozens of other TH-camrs this guy only copied from other TH-camrs and he is not honest enough to say others have built the same thing years ago.
I love the woodwork you do,genius in makeing machinery stands.
This is brilliant! Big thanks from New Zealand
Its great to hear Tony Greg again.
very clever , this is the best mobilize plan I have seen
Very good
I like your concept, something new , is always interesting , keep up your energy!
Addition of dowel pin as a stop on the taper jig is awesome, easily adjustable. Those cam clamps however are pure genius, only place ive seen them
Yes, do you have a video on your taper jig?
Sure, th-cam.com/video/d6vGwG-7W_g/w-d-xo.html
Another inspirational idea! Thank you. So many of your projects solve problems, it's wonderful. Love the "Why Buy If You Can DIY?" slogan.
Great Video, Jean! You look a bit tired, man. Take your time and get some rest. Stay healthy!
Thanks man. I have been burning it at both ends lately. Hopefully things will start normalizing soon.
@@WoodshopJunkies Pretty stressy times. I know. Look after yourself! Health is the most important good we have.
You’re a very good presenter. Thanks for the excellent content.
Carl Holmgren has some great plans on this exact thing. Can't think that you were inspired by his amazing setups.
One of the best I’ve seen
You are very industrious and clever ! 👍
The lever arm can be built to be inside the wheel base, so you have more stability. Brilliant design!
Brilliant. Thank you so much for this inspiration. You really thought about the project so there are not a lot of unnecessary steps. No one wants to bend that low to pick up things anyway so it is not lost space.
And the risk of sounding repetitive, ingenious!! Thank you
I built something similar-ish for a mobile platform for a local theater, it was a pain to get everything right due to the irregular shape, but one person was able to move the several hundred pound platform yet it was stable enough for the orphans to dance on (Annie).
I don't understand why this isn't actually more common, I'm planning on putting a several things on rollers similar to this, and I really like your approach, it'll save me some thinking when I finally get around to those project ;)
Excellent design! Very creative.
Genius idea! I will be very interested to see what you do next with the design. Top job. Cheers 👍😎🇦🇺
Am really enjoying the process of your evolving workspace. Lots of great ideas! Look forward to every new release.
Ingenious 💡
Great design idea. I am making a trolley base for my work bench as I have no shop and have to drag it onto my driveway when I want to do some work. Just an idea, to get stability, currently your wheels are inboard of the mechanism. If you were to lengthen the piece the casters are screwed to and sit the levers on top of this piece instead of at the ends you would have the castors as far apart as is possible without extending outside of the unit. This might raise the foot pedal height, but an "S" shaped third lever should restore the pedal height to where you want it. Will definitely be using this design on my bench. Thanks.
Brilliant.
Incredible, just incredible. You always thinking outside the box. I have just bought my wheels last week, to make my work bench mobile. And was trying to work out the best way to do it. Now I know, thanks to you. Well done my friend. Cheers Wiz, from Tasmania, Australia.👍🏻👍🏻😊😊
Great one, thank-you.
Pure ingenuity! I love it!
This is brilliant!
Brilliant idea, thanks for sharing
Very clever, and as always, beautifully made.
That is a great idea.
so ingenious, wicked thanks.
Ingenious idea! Love your creativity and skills. Keep it up and I look forward to your next video. Thank you for doing them.
Your space-saving and ingenious solutions are giving me so many ideas for my workshop build.
This idea for your drill press is brilliant
Engineer, carpenter & artisan.
Great idea and video. Thanks for sharing.
This design is super smart. I've been thinking about doing something similar, but kept running into issues where the forces put on the lever or on the casters would be way too high to carry even just a small table (like the one you have) with any kind of gear on it. Splitting it down the middle and applying forces in the center with such a small height difference pretty much bypasses that issue, really only limiting you to the strength of the rods you use to pivot on. Amazing!
Great idea and design.
Another awesome idea H! Great work man and very functional! Could easily be adapted to a variety of uses👌🏼👍🏼
Where the metal bar pushes down the wood frame for the wheels...I would add a small metal bracket so the bar is not pushing on the wood...eventually it will wear a groove in the wood and you will have to replace the frame part.
Very clever.
Very helpful. Made an entertainment stand for my mom and was looking to put casters on it so she could move it without having to lift it. I'll have to tweak everything to get it to fit in about 4.5 inches vertical space and figure out a latching system that can also be released by foot, but your design is a great starting point, thank you
Very clever. Good thinking 🙏🏼
Awesome idea. Great project
Nicely done mate! 👍👏👏
Genius!
Fantastic engineering, well done
Great design, great video.
Very good design.
Easily earned a sub with such innovative solutions.
Thanks for sharing!
I've been looking for a retractable wheel system. Can't wait to see the latch video.
LOVE IT!!! Have you made the refinements that you mentioned at the end? I want to use this design for my own heavy tools; can you supply us with the plans?
Genius ... simply genius. Well done!
I really like your design. Fantastic!!
Great design and perfect construction. Congratulations!
excellent
I'm gonna try that.
Well done sir
Love the work bru. Watching your magic from the UK.
I'm so impressed with your ideas and execution. Love your videos. Thank you
Interested to see how this has held up. In looking for something similar for my bandsaw. Good video.
Thanks. This idea is definitely worth considering for the several movable power tool bases needed in my upcoming very small second shop.
great show and great idea :-)
good job from Italy
Your workshop is absolutely beautiful. I love your designs and this one has totally inspired me to make something similar. Thank you!
I’ve subscribed and hit that bell so I don’t miss any more 🔔👍
simple but genius
Great vid! I used a very similar mechanism in my drill press stand video and have to say I love it. Keep up the good work
Perfect timing as I've been working on something similar! Yours is better in many ways!
Nice 👍
Genius
Very Clever
Did you try attaching the lever to the same rod as the rear wheel platforms? Looks like you could save yourself one rod and two holes per cabinet.
Excellent. You have a great approach to design. So many of us have limited space and just put up with bench lifters or lockable (till they break) castors. But no more! Thanks to your thinking outside the box I shall be designing my own version of your system very soon. Keep it up!
Geniale.
Potresti inserire un listello che blocchi il pedale per spostamenti più comodi.
Veramente una bellissima idea e ben realizzata 👍
I like THIS! I have casters under most of my tools. And between locking casters or wooden wedge ramps....this does seem to be a lot easier to make stay in place.
Thanks for sharing! 😀😇😎
*muy buen sistema saludos*
😎😎😎😎
Love this ingenious design. It works much more easily than any on the market even in its early stages of development. As for a locking mechanism, I have a couple of ideas but yours will probably make mine look like a child's play-dough experiment. AND even I could build one of these.
His is great inspiration. I have been researching and sketching the last couple off weeks on a smal and compact way to do this, at this is great inspiration! I will try to make one a bit different to get the casters out to edges. And thanks for a great video
Very cool. I might try this out on a router table I was planning to make
very clever ! (nantes - france)
Freaking brilliant 👌🏻
buen video amigo saludos desde Lima Perú
Maybe, add an Old Heavy Iron Weight underneath to give the base some stability, since it is top heavy?
Good idea, thanks!
Nice place for an anvil😎
the only thing I can add is that I would put another wood crossbar on the front so that it's not such a small place to step. I'd personally make that deeper for big feet.
Casters are bit "inside", but I like your solution anyway. Quite nice way for stuff that you don't actually move that far, which usually is the thing.
woodworking plan printable .
This is so far the best method for retractable wheels. Thank you for sharing your idea. I Was thin king that perhaps we could add a pin somewhere to keep the lever stable while moving the table so that the feet is free to walk around. Just an idea. Thank you again.
One simple removable peg would be enough. Of you didn't want to bend over to insert it, put it at the end of a handle - you could use it for all your castered tools, one at a time of course.
Nicely done. Have you thought of putting the fram on the inside of the wheels so they can be closer to the walls of the item for stability? Also you could put the peddle on hinges so it folds back inside the item to reduce space further when not in use?
It essential is he just kick it up out of the way right now as it is.
love the idear ,new zealand
I’m not sure how off the top of my head but I’m sure you set the foot pedal on some sort of a cam to lock the wheels in the down position without making a manual lock.
Jean, I love your channel and some of your ideas have blown me away, however, please don't put your safety at risk for the sake of us viewers. If you need or just want to remove a guard for a cut, then do so and say why, but please don't remove it just so that we can see the cut. If you, like so many others, just don't want it on there, say so, but I believe from recollection that most of the time you've got yours fitted. I realise that you are now probably thinking that you're damned if you do or damned if you don't.
Once again you've come up with a fantastic premise and I look forward to seeing you develop it.
Ingenious! (I may have to steal this design........). Looks like you can also play around with the shape of the 'actuation arms', to get a lower total overall height of the mechanism.
Hey man. I'm also from SA. That drill bit driver you're using for your screws looks really cool and handy. Where did you get it? Wouldn't even know what to start googling to find it. Shot.