My Cold Saw came in today, mounting options?

[Justin00Stang]

My D350 cold saw came in today, it weighs around 700lbs and sits on a 22"x22" steel base/cabinet. Do these things need to be bolted to the floor? I'm told the head coming up too fast can almost tip it over. I thought about building a 3' deep by 7' wide base with casters on it (would also hold the 5' roller feed and a small material rack), but I am concerned even locking casters may not be safe.

Thoughts?

I have not used a cold saw yet, so I'm not really sure how they handle.

Thanks,

[precisionworks]

Every big (12" and larger) cold saw I've seen was bolted to the floor. Much like a drill press, there's lots of weight up high, and the footprint isn't too large. Most of these had an infeed roller table plus an outfeed roller table.

[lramberson]

My D350 cold saw came in today, it weighs around 700lbs and sits on a 22"x22" steel base/cabinet. Do these things need to be bolted to the floor? I'm told the head coming up too fast can almost tip it over. I thought about building a 3' deep by 7' wide base with casters on it (would also hold the 5' roller feed and a small material rack), but I am concerned even locking casters may not be safe.

Thoughts?

I have not used a cold saw yet, so I'm not really sure how they handle.

Thanks,

HEY WHERE IS THE PICTURE!:D
I am no expert, I can only tell what I have experianced with the unit we have in my employeers/job shop. (disclamer posted)

I have expierence on a 10" blade unit.

Bolt down is not required, the blade speed in the unit is very slow and does not create alot of torque. We actually have a set of casters on the rear legs to make the unit mobil, as it is not used every day, and floor space is at a premium...
The exception to the rule would of course be common sense if the cabinet seems excessively top heavy or unstable.

[Justin00Stang]

As requested:

http://www.vmptuning.com/pics/coldsaw.jpg

We are going to build a 3'x7' rolling base with total locking casters from www.castercity.com

We'll add these things if stability requires it:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92107

[garybdavis]

Nice saw. What did it cost?

[M1.30-'06]

Very nice saw. If it was me, I would bolt it down.

[alha]

I just got my Scottsman saw home last weekend from storage, and I can relate to the weight, man, those things are heavy! I used my cherry picker to put it on the wood base I made, with 5" casters. It's about 2 1/2' x 3', not sure if I am comfy with it on it, for a couple reasons.

First, it's too high for my comfortable use, between the 5" casters, and the wood, it's almost 10" off the floor. Since I'm not 6' 5, this presents some issues for me using it. I might have to build a platform to stand on if I keep it set up the way it is. (not a good solution, more cr@p taking up shop space, and more things to move around) :(

Secondly, it doesn't seem as stable as I would like it, the base itself doesn't seem large enough, but I do have a solution for that one. I will add a removable cheater support off the back, maybe 3 or so feet long, to prevent it tipping backwards when the saw is being raised too aggressively.

I will have to think on this one some more, hopefully I can come up with a better solution down the road, when I get it into use. For now, it's great having it up on casters, so it's easy to move around when I need to.

[Justin00Stang]

Around 5700-5800 after shipping and the roller table. This one will cut 6" rectangle and 5" round so I figured it was worth the extra money.

My stand will be dropped to get the saw closer ot the floor.

[alha]

Cool, post some pics once you get the stand built, I have a couple ideas as to a lowerable stand for mine, but I'd love to see yours, to see how it works. :cool: