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Randal Roller stand
January 12th, 2006 10:35 PM
Does anyone have the roller/ball bearing stand 6102458? What is your opinion?
Thanks
crasher Roller stand pointers
January 14th, 2006 04:57 PM
R:
If the roller isn't set up perfectly perpendicular to the piece of material's motion then the material will 'walk' to one end or the other on the roller. That's bad news if you're using a saw.
The ballbearing units stop that from being a problem, but if you're rolling a heavy piece of soft material (a slab of poplar for instance) the balls will cause dented impressions into the underside of the material.
My personal favorite is the tabletop sold by the orange BORG. It's a skateboard sized top, very slick/slide-eee. Lets the material move very nicely. No probs with my BORG bought unit yet, but I'm being careful of the height adjustment knob on the vertical tube. I had *3* C-man units strip the welded nut out on the tube, allowing the roller to auto-lower in use. Nope, no Craftsman warrantee even with tickee... It's not a handtool.
Best of luck, whatever you need.
Adam Stand modification
January 14th, 2006 05:37 PM
Just had a thought.

If the thread is stripping out, the unit is probably having difficulties with the weight.

Most roller units are intended for one fixed height power tool, like your table saw.

If the height of the stand doesn't need to be adjusted constantly, what about drilling a 1/4 inch hole through the stand's fixed tube and the sliding tube, to put a hardware store obtainable clevis pin through?

That way, the height would "stay put" and the stand would be more reliable when used on heavy loads.
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