Another fan of Carl Holmgren here, and i must say your latch design is the cleanest I've seen. Many thanks for sharing it!

The design of the latching mechanism is what sets this assembly apart from others. Great idea!

Best mobile tool caster system I have seen thus far! Thanks for sharing!

These designs are at the top of my list. Best I've seen so far and doesn't require expensive hardware. I'll be coming back here again soon to get several of my heavy tools up on mobile bases.

I have not watched a great deal of these but thanks for coming up with something easy. Kudos to you.

So simple but yet brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that! 🤦🏼‍♂️ Thank you for sharing your idea! 👊

Looking at building my own workbench. Even if I don't, this is a must-have add on. Great job!

Best workbench caster design I have found thanks

Excellent idea and terrific presentation, thanks for taking the time to show and explain, much appreciated

Gosh, this is amazing. I’m totally going to make some for my tools. And I agree, the store bought ones are usually more frustrating than anything. Thanks for sharing this video.

I love these lever systems. I watched a video that gave me several other ideas. I hope to apply it soon to my workbenches. Thanks for sharing.

Very good solution! Thanks so much for doing all the hard work and showing the design process!

Your base is the slickest design I've come across. I copied and reshaped it for use under my table saw, and also scaled it up for use under a large table. Both work really well. I'm so glad to ditch the locking casters. They're a complete pain!

I'm very pleased to have stumbled onto your channel. Thanks

Best idea I've seen for a mobile base after looking at a ton of these videos. And perfect camera work showing all of the necessary steps. Thanks for this!

Awesome, I used it for my workbench and it works wonderfully, can't wait to use it on my other workbenches, thank you

I just found your videos. Great mechanism for locking! Best ive seen. Simple in use brilliant! Thank you for sharing

Ingenious! I am inspired to make even more home built solutions to common issues like this now. Thanks!

Vielen Dank für das sehr gut gezeigte und erklärte Video. Das ist die einfachste und wahrscheinlich beste Hebevorrichtung die ich bis jetzt auf KZfaq gesehen habe. Mega nice!!!

Great way of bypassing expensive castors. I might simplify the design for my purposes but appreciate the inspiration! Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼

Wow!!! I love it. I have been looking for those castors but now that I have seen them in action I will just buy normal castors and create something like you have!! Love it Thankyou!

so much better than the commercial stuff... once again, very inspiring video!

Bravo! Of all the videos i looked at, I like yours the best. I'm almost done using your design for my radial arm saw. So far so good. Thanks for posting this.

This is Great! Especially your french cleat latch. I used your ideas combined with other KZfaq videos to make a mobile base for my table saw that sits on its leveled feet when down. It cost me nothing with all salvaged materials. This is fantastic. Thanks!

This is the action I like most. Will build this for my 150+ kgs worktable. Thank you!

Love it! Simple, and works well, great idea and video, thank you for sharing!

I had those same casters from Rockler and was astonished at how awful they were! Your design is so much smoother!

Excellent explanation! Very clear and easy to understand. Thank you.

Excellent latch idea. Thanks for sharing.

I just finished adding your idea to one of my workbenches. Works Perfect, Best idea! Thankyou.

Outstanding! Well done and thank-you for sharing. I will copy design for my soon to be mobile workbench.

Thanks mate - NOW that’s what I was looking for! NICE! Best design I have seen after a heavy trawl across the net!

Excellent! Best one I've seen so far (probably best one. Period). This idea is what I'll be using.

Ice, especially the martini at the end certainly think about adopting this design on my workbench.

Excellent solution and explanation! Thanks!

Good Video. I had a few heavy tools with manufactured bases and have found them all to have problems. The best solution is find or design a retractable caster system for each individual tool. I watched the Holmgren about a year ago and since then have been replacing these bases with my own. They're not only better, but cheaper. I really like your idea for the catch that you added. I've got a hook and eye holding two of my bases and am going to replace these with your catch as soon as I find time.

Thank you! I recently started volunteering at a theater with set building and I was asked to find a way of making mobile platforms stable, I think this system will work great! Also, I will probably add one to my table saw because I have a big saw and a tiny shop haha.

After watching this vide again you showed the secret to success on how to mount the pivot points and at what height. About 6 years ago I made single lever like Carl made for his tool box. I used a similar design on two of my tables.😁🛫

Great design, simple and affective like all great designs well done

Very nice design. Like the French cleat style catch

REALLY GOOD ! A little wax for the squeak and it's perfect! I will end up using this design for my bandsaw because I dont like the generic one that you buy the corners. I like the way you made it, simple and effective. Thank you !

Best which I have seen so far, thanks for sharing.

So happy that I found your video show me how terrible those rockler wheels dont work. I was just about to buy them online and decided to do just a little more youtubing for diy casters and glad I found yours! Nice job and will be doing the same thing on my benches!

Good clean design. Many thanks

Thank you very much, I've been looking for this and this is the easiest to understand how to make and install...

Great execution! Thanks!

Fantastic idea, and even better, great video production.

Neat cleat design. Was planning similar castor system for my cupboard. Thanks.

I’ll give this whole video and concept a “Rodgers and Ebert “ Two thumbs Up ! Top shelf my friend

Brilliant! I'm not done with my router table, but this is definitely getting added. Thank you! FYI- The link goes to a commercial, but I found several caster videos on Carl Holmgren's channel.

Excelente solução, ótimo projeto

When I first saw your video I thought of Carl, I discovered his videos back he first produced them I have not seen any of his video in a couple of years. Your video revealed one question that I had, but not put a lot of thought into. And that was how to determine the lift height and where to mount the hinges vertically to achieve the lift height. I have built several lifts that used Carl’s idea of the single handle like on his tool box. 😁🛫

Genius, thank you for sharing

Excellent idea!

Love the Martini test!

Finally getting some time back in the shop and have been researching mobile base designs to add space. Best design yet!

Thank you so much for idea!

best one on the net. thankyou!!!

I just finished this design for a custom table saw stand I built and it worked perfectly. I had the casters and the hinges and used scrap wood. It cost me nothing but my time. Excellent design. Thank you so much. Immaculate shop, btw.

I have collected several retractable casters ideas on KZfaq and built one. I don't like the one i built so I'm going to use your design. Thanks.

Nice design, I'm going to use that for the mitre saw bench I'm building.

Amigo eu não entendo seu idioma, Entretanto sua didática é tão boa, que acompanhando seu passo a passo, consigo montar. Parabéns!!!, pela iniciativa de compartilhar seus conhecimentos.

Muy buen sistema, lo estoy poniendo en práctica con algunas modificaciones para simplificarlo y que despeje más del suelo. Pero lo que más me cautiva es la pulcritud y limpieza de ese taller, como si fuera una revista de decoración donde no hay ni un pelo fuera de lugar ... ;-)

Great video. Nice shop and a fellow shop person who enjoys a cocktail lol.

very well thought out fair paly man

Great job. Congrats

Brilliant ! Nice idea ! Stephan from Belgium

Very nice design. I will use your idea a design for a couple tools in my shop. Thanks

Excellent video and design. I am going to use your design on my router table.

Great solution my concern is the amount of storage space under the bench it takes in the UK our home shops are much smaller and we need all the storage space we can get but have to agree it is a better and much cheaper solution than many

Great solution !!! And it looks like you could perform operations in your woodshop :) It has got to be one of the cleanest looking woodshops I have ever seen ;)

Es genial su sistema para las ruedas.

fantastic idea !!!!!!

Well done man .

Thanks for sharing!!

Wonderful!

Very interesting idea, bravissimo.

Great design, thanks, I have to modify your design to use it on the side of my very heavy workbench, since I have cabinets in the middle... thanks

Perfect, just what I was looking for. Locking wheels just don't get the same stability as placing the legs on the floor.

Excellent!

thank you

Simple, effective and just darn good.

Nice design thanks.

Cool! Thx for that idea

The Martini is a nice touch!

Great video!

Nice design and video. I too tried the "workbench" casters and, for anyone with a bench or tool giving them consideration, regard the following facts. When you raise or lower the casters, you are doing it one wheel (OUT OF FOUR) at a time. If your bench/tool weighs 300 lbs, you are putting half the weight on only one caster, the first one you attempt to raise or lower. The "workbench" casters are often rated at 110 lbs and cannot handle 150 lbs. I bent the first caster, with half the weight of my 300 lb bench, so I was asked to try another set. The same thing happened. Mine came from WC and it took me several phone calls reminding them to issue a refund. PITA! If you have a lightweight assembly table, or a bench under 150 lbs, you may be happy with them. Or just do what Selandry1 did, and build something that works better.

Love this!!

Great work.. Keep it up..

Brilliant

good job

Excelente 👍🏻

Nice design. Need to make a mobile system for my table saw, think I'll copy yours. Thanks

I know I am really late to the party. But Thank you. I needed this idea.

¡Bravo!

As a farmer, I'm more accustomed to fixing things with a welder. I like your design for raise-able casters, but I'd sure rather weld the latching mechanism.

very coool!!!

Já ganhou, mais um inscrito.

Nice 1 bruv luks gud

Far and away a better lifting/lowering option than the Rockler casters. The downside is how much vertical space it requires. I am meditating on a design for a universal, low profile lift that can be moved to the tool. Might just be as simple as Matthias' cam lever + furniture dolly design but with custom dollies.