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I've never been impressed with the Herculift mobile base for the R4511. It never performed well over the brick paver floor I have, and occasionally the catch would slip, dropping the saw to the floor.

I came up with this design to solve that problem. The base is constructed from 2x's that I squared up and sized appropriately to the saw's dimensions. It sits at the same height as the original saw, and now rolls effortlessly over my floor with the help of the 5" double locking casters.

I also color matched to Ridgid orange paint that turned out pretty well, and now the overall look is more of a cabinet saw.

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I assume you tried to tune the U bolt on the herculift to catch better (and turn it 180 degrees end for end - it actually has 1 way it's supposed to face up) ?

regardless- nice construction for the new mobile base! looks like its solid and smooth to move around.
 

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Nice. All my mobile bases I made myself. Not as fancy as yours but they work well for much less money.
 

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Yeah, I turned the U-bolt around, and I also tried to tweak it by moving it in and out. I thought I had it fixed, but that only lasted for a few weeks before it failed again. I think part of the problem was the brick floor that caused quite a bit of vibration as I rolled the saw around.
 

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I hate the stock mobile base and fence system. I replaced the fence with an Incra TS-LS, couldn't be happier. The stock herc-u-lift doesn't work in my shop that well because the floor flexes way too much. That base looks great, the paint job really sets it off.

Me, I'm about to replace the lift / base on mine with a complete mobile workstation, I'll post when it's done.
 

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I love the herculift on my ts3650 but I love your upgrade. As you said it is more like a cabinet saw now.
 

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good idea well done
 

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That's a great base with a nice touch on the paint matching.

What kind of wood did you use? is it just 2-by pine?

-Mike
 

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Yep, it's just 2×6 pine with a piece of hardboard in the middle there for the dust collector tray.
 

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I have the same saw… and the U-bolt was one way as I remember. Once it was set correctly it worked as expected.
 
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