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    Question Mobile base recommendation?

    This weekend I plan on picking up a Jet Xacta cabinet saw and I'm looking for thoughts on a mobile base for it. I've read the reviews on several out there (Shop Fox, HTC, etc.) but every one of them seems to have a fair amount of negative feedback.

    Do any of you have a cabinet saw of this size on a mobile base? If so, what kind do you have and what do you think of it? I don't plan on moving the saw often, but every once in a while it does get in the way.

    Thanks

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    I do but its a Delta mobile base.

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    Same here on the Delta base. Check the dims of your cabinet and if this fits it, I doubt you'll find a better one.

    I use it with a Grizzly G0690:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o09_s00

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    I ended up going with the HTC 3000 base - seems to work pretty well so far.

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    I have one of these All-Terrain mobile bases on my jointer/planer and bandsaw. They are great (if expensive) especially for heavy and or "tippy" tools like a bandsaw. I have the HTC on my table saw, but it is an Inca and pretty light with a low center of gravity.
    http://www.rockler.com/rockler-all-t...-up-to-800-lbs

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    I have two of these in use. One under a General 50-220 Table saw, and one under a Delta 43-375 shaper. They work really well. It takes about 5-10 minutes to have it under your machine, and you're done. Set the wheels perpendicular to the direction of motion, or 90 degrees out from the saw blade.

    http://www.amazon.com/Jet-708118-JMB.../dp/B00006S7CE
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evan Patton View Post
    I have one of these All-Terrain mobile bases on my jointer/planer and bandsaw. They are great (if expensive) especially for heavy and or "tippy" tools like a bandsaw. I have the HTC on my table saw, but it is an Inca and pretty light with a low center of gravity.
    http://www.rockler.com/rockler-all-t...-up-to-800-lbs
    came me to the same conclusion. The rest of the bases had 50/50 reviews. The only one that came out with nothing but glowing reviews was the rocklerr base. Ridiculously expensive though. I hate paying this much for it. But it was the best.

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    Get a narrow fork pallet jack

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    Even after shortening the rails (I don't have room in my shop for 50" rails) the saw still seemed a bit unstable on the mobile base, so I reinstalled the support legs after shortening them and re-tapping the inserts in the bottom for 3/8-16 threaded stem casters.

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    hi:

    Since I have very little space and move machines around when I need to use them, I have everyihing (five machines) on mobile bases - each one different. The easy winner is the one on the cabinet saw - a Shop Fox sold by Busybee, Grizzly, and others as the D2057A. My saw does not have the extended table and so I don't have the extension kit for this base, but there is one (Grizzly calls it the D2259A) and lt may be just what you need.

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