Material roller stands

[Pat]

Hi,

Anyone make their own material roller stands, or know of any good plans on the web. I tried doing a search but maybe I am calling them the wrong thing, can't find anything. I would like to make these stands before I make a new stand for my HF bandsaw so I know how high to make them. Maybe I am thinking backwards and should make the saw stand first. Anyways I would appreciate any help with finding some good simplt plans for the material stands........................thanks

[c25]

There's detailed plans for this in one of the machinist magazines this month, specific for the HF bandsaw. I think it's Home Machinist, I looked at it in Borders the other day but didn't buy it so I can't check. My local Boarders has 2 machinist mags that they keep mixed in with the woodworking mags.

[bishopaul]

i built a simple set for the chop saw that use two pieces of square tube, one telescoping into the other & a bolt to set the height.

i also found a good source for wide rollers at the local salvage: aluminum conveyer rollers - they are about 12" wide, on ball bearings, with a spring-loaded spindle that allows you to pop them in & out of the frame. only cost about $1 apiece here.

[echo8287]

The frames would be simple to make , its the rollers that you have to find. Pipe might be better for the frame ,other than tubing, because weight helps hold the stands steady.I've looked for some of the surplus conveyor rollers before ,but unless you can find some locally it isn't worth trying to get anything shipped to you. I've looked on the net at places like this:

http://www.american-surplus.com/used/carton.htm

You can go ahead and make the stand for the bandsaw and make the roller stands adjustable,just like storebought ones.
Bishopaul needs to send us some of the ones he's found. I wanted to make a couple of infeed tables for the band saw but so far I haven't been able to go look for them during the week when these salvage places are open. David

[bishopaul]

come to think of it, i recall there are some plans in the RICHARD FINCH book, i believe it's "WELDER'S HANDBOOK" or something similar to that. he has a section of project plans in the last chapter that include a couple of variations of work stands, not specifically roller stands, but it would be a good starting point. i picked up that book at Barnes & Not-so-Noble

echo, i will take a pic of those rollers tonite (mental note) and try to post. the rollers are not real beefy (aluminum tube) but work ok for lite fab. it was one of those i gotta use what i can get.....

[sseeya]

Originally posted by bishopaul
come to think of it, i recall there are some plans in the RICHARD FINCH book, i believe it's "WELDER'S HANDBOOK" or something similar to that. he has a section of project plans in the last chapter that include a couple of variations of work stands, not specifically roller stands, but it would be a good starting point. i picked up that book at Barnes & Not-so-Noble

echo, i will take a pic of those rollers tonite (mental note) and try to post. the rollers are not real beefy (aluminum tube) but work ok for lite fab. it was one of those i gotta use what i can get.....

I've never posted pictures here, so I don't know how this is going to turn out, but here goes. Here is a copy of those plans from the WELDER'S HANDBOOK.

[chumly2071]

Fianlly, a chance to post something that I built!!!
I made these with ball bearing rollers that I got out of the scrap bin, drop pieces of some 1" acme threaded rod from machines we built where I used to work, some 1" sch40 pipe for the vertical tube, and some scrap 1" square tube that I had for the legs. I welded the threaded rod to the bar stock roller holder. then, I took the acme nut and welded two "wing" handles to it. this threads onto the rod, then slips down into the id of the pipe. not too tight, not too sloppy... I used another acme nut as a "spacer" while I layed the legs out 120* apart around the vertical tube to make a slightly elevated tripod. they work great, and were almost free.

[chumly2071]

pic #2

[echo8287]

Nice stand

Hey Chumley I like those stands and the acme screws spin up easily and stay put. Some of the storebought ones with the threaded bolt to pin the height won't stay real tight and the roller sinks slowly. Nice job, now I need to find me some acme thread and nuts. SSEEYA thanks for posting that thread too. David

[qualls]

Harbor Freight has the rollers alone for from $6 to $12 depending on whether they are on sale or not. The factory roller stands are about 4 inches too high for a band or hacksaw stand. Most are 27 inches(minimum), some saws are 23 inches and a fraction high.