Shop Fox Mobile Base, caster orientation?

Only thing I can see is you will be kicking them every time you use the saw. Can you move them to the sides and still push front to back?

That was what I was thinking too last night after I stood at the saw and did some test runs. I’ll probably move the swivels to the outside and leave the back fixed casters where they are. It will leave me with a slight “shopping cart” formation where the wheels are wider where you push and more narrow further away.

I put mine the other way, side to side not front to back. The few times I have used the saw so far I have not tripped or kicked the casters… I do not need to move the saw to use it, I just added the mobile base for ease in the initial shop set up

+1 on turning the base so the wheels are along the sides of the saw.

As for wheel orientation, I’d probably do fixed wheels on the left side.

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copcarcollector +10

The reason to put the fixed casters THIS way (sideways) is that the TS has no way of rolling when you are ripping a long 8/4 of hardwood or the like. Think safety here, and not convenience of orientation.

Mine:

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pendledad – I’m getting ready to put my new Grizzly saw together soon. Thank you for the picture of yours. copcarcollector and HorizontalMike thank you for the picture of yours as a comparison. I know now that I will set mine up like like the both of yours

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Thanks for the comments. I wasn’t even thinking about the saw moving away as I pushed a heavy board through. Luckily I didn’t fully assemble the base yet, so I’ll switch things around and make it safer.

When I reassemble my older 1021, it will be on a base from northern tool I will remember the recomendations.

Thanks for asking the question and all the photo respnses.

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