Making find adjustments to level a table?

[Jaxom]

I'm sorta stumped with how to make some fine adjustments to a weld table that I want to begin building. I've seen how some folks have used a nut welded to the inside of the angle iron and just used a bolt or such for leveling feet. And I did the same when I built leg for my router table top. But unfortunilly when they poured the cement for my garage floor they did a rather sloppy job of it.

I know most garage floors are sloaped so any water or liquids would flow either towards the overhead door or if you're lucky a drain where that's allowed. When the garage was built the concrete guys did a really rotten job of smoothing the surface out. It's wavy with hills and valleys. And in somplaces the rock mixed with the concrete even sticks out from the surface!

It's because of this I want to use larger casters so I can easily move it around this horrid surface. But those type of casters have a plate rather then a thread to screw into the legs.

Table size I'm looking at is about 6' left to right and 3' feet front to back. Looking at using 2" angle for frame with 1/4" or 3/8" plate for top. Depending on budget at the time the frame is done and how eager I'm to finish.

I know it's probably a simple fix, but I just can't think right now of how I'd get a nice level top and yet still be move it around.

Suggestions greatly apperciated.

jax

[Jaxom]

Ugh! I must have been exhausted when I posted that!!! FINE adjustments, not find!!! duh!!! :)

[ventureline]

Why not first apply some floor leveler, or a that plasticized sealant that the major stores like costco uses. Makes the floors nice and flat. Stinks when curing, but friends have used it, cheap and works great!

Just can't remember the name of the stuff.

[hankj]

You can use the same nut/bolt adjustment method. Cut a couple of plates to size for each leg. Bore holes for 5/8" allthread or plain old bolts. Weld a plate to the end of the table leg. Bolt or weld your caster to a similar plate.

Weld yuor allthread or the bolt head to your caster plate, run a nut down on the threaded member, stick it up through the leg plate, and use a another nut on top to lock it after you adjust the hieght.

Hank

[mudbug]

I had a similar problem with my metal lathe bench. I wanted to be able to move it around,but still need the ability to level it. I was lucky enough to find some large oilfield flange bolts & nuts to weld to the rolling frame on each corner as levelers. The same could be done with some all-thread and nuts of whatever size might be needed to support your specific workbench.

The ones I found at the scrap yard are 1-1/2" X 12" long which is way overkill for a 1000# of lathe and bench....but at .08 a pound.. I can't complain and I'll never worry about them supporting the weight.

These "bolts" are nothing more than all-thread with nuts on both ends. I'm welding the 2 nuts to the frame so the all-thread will turn freely between them & welding a large nut to the top of the all-thread so I can adjust the 1-1/2" all-thread with a reasonable sized wrench.

I had to design these levelers so they can be adjusted up very high in case the whole bench needs to be rolled out of the shop which has a ramp up to the door and if the adjusters can't be turned all the way up the whole thing would have to be lifted or dismantled to get it out of the shop.