Installing Workbench Castors On The MFT Bench With UniStrut Bracing.
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- In this video I install lifting castors on the mft table workbench and join them with unit strut to make it easier to operate.
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I appreciate that you show your “mistakes “
I didn't know an electrician owned a broom. Nice job!
In the future if you don't have a carbide bit and you need to drill a hole in hardened steel, sharpen a masonry bit (just a touch on a grinding wheel) and drill the hole with that. It works.
Thanks for the tip 👍
Very intuitive. Now I know about uninstrut
Great mechanism, well done John. Cheers from 🇩🇪
Wish I would've have seen this a couple months ago! I didn't know about unistruts. I looked in my local big box store. The configuration over here is a metal channel with pre-drilled holes. I used, instead, a hardwood 1x3, which works, but not as well as a piece of steel.
Another wheelie good video.
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Ahh the lovely sound of Irish Spring rain on a tin roof ... Great bit of engineering there John with the cross bar. All my stuff is on castors and they've all decided to fail at the same time. I'll head on over to Axminster and tell them you sent me ...
I had a suggestion from a viewer when I featured these castors to drill and install a connection bar. I had the same issue with drilling out the hole and ended-up using a blow torch to first soften the steel, drill the hole and then aneal it again. Ruined the finish but some stove spray paint and all was right.
Since you have Axminster's ear and they might read this comment can I offer two suggestions on these castors. 1. Let's have the hole drilled in the factory. Even if you don't need a connecting bar, the hole would be useful for say mounting a rubber bumper or tread. 2. Let's have some instructions in the box. I found 138-140mm was about the right height through trial and error, instructions would take way the guess work.
Anyway great video. Ps. I've moved away from these to another solution using repurposed toggle clamps as I kept kicking the castors in my small shop.
About a year ago I had a battle trying to drill a hole in those levers just as you and gave up. Glad it isn't just me.
I like your solution. Thanks for the video.
Hardened steel I would say even the cobalt wouldn't do it
Thanks for saying the name Unistrut. I was given some and didn't know what it was called to buy more . excellent stuff
No problem 👍
This is the best video on making the casters work in unison. I had concerns regarding the casters creating to much stress working independently. I’m going with your idea. I’m going to check out your other videos & subscribing!😊👍👍👍
Thanks!
Get yourself one or both of these two bits to deal with making holes in hard materials: a straight flute carbide drill bit and a small carbide end mill. I am an industrial maintenance technician in the states and carry both types in my tool bag - an 1/8" carbide drill bit, one 1/8" carbide end mill, and 1/4" carbide end mill. I use them to start holes in materials that my drill bits won't cooperate with or use them to drill out broken drill bits when that occasion arises. They are somewhat of a "last ditch effort", but they are absolutely clutch when nothing else will work. Put them in a drill press if you can, but both types will work in a hand held power drill as well, just be careful about keeping the tool aligned with the hole during the entire process (trying to get a broken end mill out of something is not fun at all).
Thanks for the tip!
Hey John, always enjoy your stuff, and have coincidentally come across the same problem drilling through the castors, and ended up using my sds drill, and that did the trick. I joined my castors with a piece of conduit left over from a previous project.
Hope this helps someone. I would include pictures, but I don’t think you can do that in the comment section.oh! And these Rutland castors come with a paper template to show exactly where to mark out your holes, quite handy.
Nice one John. Every day is a school day.
Well done. I appreciate you showing the discovery engineering along the way!
Axminster owe you a drink! Just went to buy some from their website and they’re all out of stock! No doubt thanks to your video 😁
Thanks for sharing John. Looks like a great solution to maximise space in the shop.
I was just looking for casters so I could make a bandsaw moveable and this looks perfect. Nice one 👍🏻
Glad I could help
simple and effective! You're going to have so much room for activities. Great video as always!
Great Idea I will be doing he same with my work bench thanks for tip
No problem 👍
Exactly what I want to do! Brilliant! Made an Outfeed table with MFT top with down draft using your 4x2 design... works like a dream!
Great video and another good use for Unistrut I normally use it for shelfing with the cantilever arms
when a customer does not need a rack
Super idea John, I have a large wood bench on casters also, makes life easier to move it around when your a lone worker/diyer 😜love the unistrut idea.... just started measuring out your plywood and scrap wood unit you made last year... ready to start cutting tomorrow evening. Will defo be making your new work bench at some stage later in the year. Congrats on hitting 43k 👌
Very, very solid material that cannot be drilled with standard drills. Proof of quality, at least at first glance. The only thing you didn't say, it seems to me, is the price. Excellent video John, greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Way to be flexible and creative in modifying your original plan. I have locking casters on almost everything in my shop and seriously considering adding bars on mine now. Thanks!
Cheers Ann.
Great video of a nice upgrade. I'm in the process of building a shop now and want to have as much equipment mobile as possible. Thanks for sharing
No problem good luck with your new shop.
Fabulous work John!!!
Nice video John, I’ve used these on a cabinet I made for my drill press to move it around, going to make a large mft table later on in the year and will fit them on that as well, my workshop is fairly coming on too, keep them coming, my go to watch in the evenings!
Thanks Douglas, glad you are enjoying the content
John another great demo sorry I’ve only just watched it or should I say listen to it. Quite good idea have to remember that when I build a bench. Hope your knee is on the mend and you’re still taking it a bit easy.
Brilliant idea !!!!! great video thanks
Awesome work, John! Nicely done! 😃
I need to find some of those casters here in Brazil... They're going!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Fantastic modification on the castors but there is one problem, not with your modification but the castors themselves.
When your MFT table is in the static position the castors stick out further than the edge of your MFT table making them a trip hazard.
My advice for anyone building a workbench is to have the legs placed deeper under the table and have the furthest point of the castor inline with the edge of the workbench. Your hip is inline with your foot so the edge of the bench should be inline with the castor, I hope that makes sense.
I’m glad you addressed the tripping issue. I’m going to take this into account in building my new work station.
Well done!
“Just a short and sweet video”
Proceeds to do 18 minute video 😂 👍🏻
best laid plans 🤣
Very good video and great job. A few black end caps and maybe even a length of black lid on each side would finish it nicely. Would suggest a blob of loctite on the four clamping bolts too. Looking forward to the next video
Good ideas
Hahaha mate I just went like 13 seconds into the video before I was laughing mi arse off and had to hit like :D Just love your reaction :D Nice :)
Great video, love your content mate!
One thing that struck my mind was that since you are using that uni-strut, whick I love btw, great way of incorporating your professional skills into your hobby. But I reckon it would be quite easy to add a little flap or something similar somewhere along the strut so that you could easily flip it back up with your feet instead of having to bend over, don´t you think?
I mean sure you probably won´t be wheeling it around all the time, but you look like a tall guy just as myself, and I always try to spare my back as much as possible. Work smarter, not harder as they say :)
Once again, great video!
Looks like a useful upgrade. Must have done a good job on the hardening if a cobalt drill wouldn't go though it.
A carbide drill bit will do it...in the drill press. Nice set up.
Finally a good use for strut. Aren’t 6mil bolts rated for 4kn in shear?- how heavy IS the bench? How do the casters work (swivel) for you with the caster mounting plate not being horizontal?
I have the same castors, was able to drill through it with my drill press (low speed) using a 3mm masonry bit, then enlarging it with a 6mm masonry bit. Took some effort but eventually I got there! Anyway, have fun with the bench! Cheers
Only just discovered this channel and am thoroughly enjoying every video. Been intending to add castors for some time but love the unistrut idea. Does anyone know what size john used?
Good Video John. I'd say that project tested your recent knee surgery
Sure did lol, it's nor quite there yet 😅
I wish to buy those kind of casters sir but they are quite expensive here in our country.
I badly needed such casters because my wooden scaffold is so heavy I got exhausted moving it around all the time.
Good idea. Over time, how does the bottom of the legs hold up with setting the bench down on concrete? My concrete floor is not the smoothest brushed finish.
hey John, can you do a video on where and how to buy timber stock in Ireland especially hardwoods. cheers
Nice. A little squirt of grease on the lift mechanism, please.
Good call!
Hi John! do you know if we could change the wheels on these castors? my floor is cement, so meaning to be very uneven.. i dont know is this tiny casters would work for my heavy bench. thanks :)
Because your only lifting either end, you can see the table has a bend in it. Your saw blade will probably jam with long material
Aren’t the legs lifting the table off the ground from either end
@@andypire6278 yeah, making it worse. But it’s a cls table, you can see even when it’s on the ground that the tables bent
How much do the castor levers, or bars, protrude out when engaged?
Great video, thanks John. How is you knee?
Doing good now, had a few issues but seems to be getting better.
Great video John. I put castors on my bench - they were not the same as yours. I mounted them on the base of the legs. They work fine, but now my bench it too high. I was thinking of cutting the legs down by 4 inches, but it will be easier to fit the castors you received from Axminster. Like your bench, mine is big and heavy, are you convinced these castors will be able to handle the weight? Do think they are robust enough to last? Peter
They will handle it no problem, the bench doesn't sit on the castor all the time only when its being moved
I would 100% put those brackets on upside down if I took off the wheels.
Clever, that modification to the normal use of unistrut. Are you able to estimate the mechanical advantage of the factory levers on a caster?
I have no idea but I can tell you without the brackets I used the castors lifted the table no problem.
@@JohnMcGrathManInShed My primary bench has the legs recessed at both ends. Retractable casters that aren't linked are ungainly and tend to scatter the bench's contents. Clearly, linked casters on the end are the way to go though I'll have to examine whatever I consider (here in Wyoming) to approximate the amount of leverage available. Certainly no need for you to research my question. Thanks, though.
well done John ,could i ask you where did you get those little steel squares.
google engineering squares , that particular one I got from Workshop Heaven
@@JohnMcGrathManInShed Cheers John.
Now that you have had some time to use the table, do you find the foot lever to be more of a tripping hazard?
It has never been an issue
What clearance do they give to the ground? Good video!
About 10mm
@@JohnMcGrathManInShed thanks man.
Hi, just for an idea of scale can you tell me the dimension of your workshop?
Its 6mx8m
@@JohnMcGrathManInShed cheers.
John, How's the new pooch doing?
He is never out of mischief but doing good 👍
This is a very good caster, we are a caster factory, if you need friends can contact me.
250k or 500 lbs for Americans. What about stones, squirrels, and pebbles for the British audience?
Very bad advice and 100% dumb method. My table is fitted with 12 x 4 inch castors screwed to the underside of the table legs. Took about 10 minutes to screw all 12 with 4 hexheads per castor, 4 of them with brakes, the rest without. Worst part was it took 3 of us to flip the table back over. Now I'm drilling in the PARF MFT holes onto the top. The floor is flat so don't need the brakes yet.