Thank you for the comments,guys. Today I will address oversize’s question.
Richard, I assume you are referring to the “wheel locks” on the corners of my 4’x8’ welding table?
This is it a few years back when I built it. 3/8” plate bolted (with a few added weld tacks to achieve flatness) to a frame utilizing salvaged pallet racking. It can be easily dismantled for transport but to this day I really don’t know why I went the extra effort to incorporate this feature.
A year or two back Princess Auto featured these wheel locks for sale. Priced somewhere around $12 Cdn each iirc. By stepping on the foot pad the item is attached to, (typically a castered table leg) its lifted an inch thus stabilizing the fixture.
I further modified each of the four locks by adding a threaded rod enabling the welding table to be levelled.
Floor lock on left in original form. Modified one on right.
AFTER I modified these locks I found adjustable ones on line but to ship them to Canada would have been a spendy proposition.
Another pic of the table and one of my handier acquisitions: a high lift pallet jack.
Please note the hi lift jack CANNOT be used with traditional pallets with bottom boards as they would interfere with the stabilizers and scissor mechanism. In the higher lift positions (6”-33”) the stabilizers are engaged and the jack CANNOT be moved.
This device has been one of the handiest items in the shop. From lifting heavy items to bench height to elevating projects to a comfortable welding, grinding, or painting height.