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:> I have a Shop Fox mobile base, the one rated at :> 1200 pounds (their "super heavy duty" one). I've :> misplaced/lost the two leveler feet (threaded rods, :> rubber caps on one end, handles on the other). :> Grizzly wants $44 the pair, and I was wondering if :> someone who had the base could tell me the diameter, :> thread pitch, and length of these things so I can :> make up a pair of my own. :>
: Whenever I have a problem like this, I just take the part to my local : industrial fastener house. They are experts on matching things. Anything : that has ever had a thread, they matched it for me. Even some exotic, metric : (brass) candleholders found some mounting bolts through my laminated candle : base.
: Then I buy the part and go use it or modify it so it can be used. This : methodolgy has served me well for over thirty years.
Unfortunately, the bracket into which this rod goes is on the mobile base, which has a 450 pound lathe sitting on top of it!
In general I follow your advice, but it would be a major hassle to take everything apart.
-- Andy