Reviews & Ratings for Shop Fox Mobile Tool Stand — 2 reviews — Page 1

OP has the wrong description posted for this stand. It is correct except for the caster comments. Once assembled this is a very sturdy and strong stand. It has a premium finish, possibly powder coat. There are no written assembly instructions, just a picture of how it goes together and an itemized parts list. Luckily I am a brain surgeon turned rocket scientist and had no problems assembling the stand with a little patience. All of the fasteners are 1/2" carriage bolts so only a 14mm socket on my drill and wrench are needed. The first rule is to only loosely tighten the nuts until it is completely assembled. Once assembled I used a square to align the U-channel struts to the front and rear top crossmembers. Then go around each level and tighten everything up while aligning the legs at their slight angle. It would be easy to fashion wooden blocks for the legs to mount casters in, or if you can weld you know what to do. I plan to add a plywood top and mount my router table to this stand. For this sale price this is a great value.

The description says it’s primed for 4” casters. The hard plastic feet that slip onto the metal legs have a hole in them that a stem caster will fit through. I was skeptical but gave it a try. With only 65 lbs. on the stand, all 4 casters peeled away from the legs and collapsed more or less sideways. There are no assembly instructions so if designers had a different plan in mind for casters, they kept it to themselves. I’m now using the stand in (permanent) stationary mode. The parts of the stand fit together but assembly of the one I received required a C-clamp at one point, a pair of vise grips and a brass hammer. It wasn’t the 10 minute job that the picture suggests.