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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Modified design based on @Susquatch 's suggestion. I'm planning to weld the whole thing(casters will be bolted to a 3X3-1/8" plate welded to the bottom cross beams). Do you think that welding the two shorter sides as well as welding the top frame assembly and bolting them together using 3"...
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    That's exact why it's good to brainstorm ideas! Brilliant, if I put them on the front and back support beams I can also have them rotate 360 for better maneuverability! the two support beams on the top plate will really be the attachement points of the mill base so I guess as long as the wheels...
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Revised the design to use 2x2-3/16" tubing and made it wider for stability and to accommodate a 26" tool chest from Homedepot. The legs will have levelling feet to raise the stand. I'm not sure if the casters will behave fine if they aren't able to rotate 360deg. Opinions?
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    That a neat idea! 5/8” plate welded to the pipe?
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Totally agree, I just wanted to get something together quickly so I can start using the mill. I needed to get the crane to be even able to lift the mill on top anything anyway. I have 3” casters and need to explore the idea of removable caster or some other idea mount them while using leveling feet.
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Yes exactly why I scraped the wheels idea. I’ll eventually put proper caster but just to get up and running with the mill I wanted to simplify the build. I don’t trust my welding skills yet so I wanted to make something a little fool proof as well.
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    As I continue fine tuning this design, I wonder if anyone knows where I can source machine leveling feet? The stuff I can find on Amazon seems very flimsy. I initially wanted leveling casters but now that I got a 1 ton shop crane I just want to be able to level the stand as my garage floor is...
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    All valid points, safety factor is what I wanted to check because I wasn’t sure if 1/8” tubing would be sufficient to handle the weight. I still need to add support beams down below to prevent tipping as I do not intend on bolting the stand down for now.
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    The loads will be applied evenly to the top surfaces of the stand because I’m putting a 1/2” steel plate on top. Obviously the deformations are exaggerated (the max less than .001”) and the weight distribution is not necessarily even because of the column of the mill.
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Just sharing this for fun more than anything...but I decided to run my simple 2x3-1/8" tubing design through static stress simulation in fusion360 with 450 lb-force(3000N) and this is what I got: Love it when I see over engineered in the result :D
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