Guys I needed brakes on my 12" sanders stand so what i did is got rid of the front casters and cut the sanders frame back 4 1/2" to make room for a pair of new 6" wheels. The SIL and me added a small 1/4" plate to the bottom of the frame and 2" wide piece of 2 1/2" X 1/4 angle iron on top of the frame to mounnt the toggle clamps. The first picture looks like the angle iron isn't square but it's the camera.... honest. ![Rotfl Rotfl](http://www.metalworkingfun.com/images/smilies/rotfl.gif)
The wheels can't be turned with the clamps down, the brakes are working better than I hoped they would.
The clamps have a 3/4 " on/off throw with a 1 1/2" long x 1/4" diameter hex head bolt for adjustment. I took the longer bolt out and used a 3/4" long bolt and jamb nut. The clamps were $7 and change each.
I got to use my 18 volt Dewalt bandsaw to cut off the 1/2" axle bolts off, it's perfect for these kinds of jobs, because it's a lot lighter and easier for me to control and will cut 2 inch pipe just as fast as my Milwaukee porta band, I now go to it instead of the Milwaukee which is mounted in a stand now too... Funny thing is now that it's in a stand I use it all the time where before I hardly used it. I used it on this project to cut the toggle clamp's angle irons to the right height.
I am happy with the way it came out, I plan on doing the same thing to the Milwaukees stand.
Nice toggle clamps.
http://www.thetoggleclampstore.com/36202.html
![Rotfl Rotfl](http://www.metalworkingfun.com/images/smilies/rotfl.gif)
The wheels can't be turned with the clamps down, the brakes are working better than I hoped they would.
The clamps have a 3/4 " on/off throw with a 1 1/2" long x 1/4" diameter hex head bolt for adjustment. I took the longer bolt out and used a 3/4" long bolt and jamb nut. The clamps were $7 and change each.
I got to use my 18 volt Dewalt bandsaw to cut off the 1/2" axle bolts off, it's perfect for these kinds of jobs, because it's a lot lighter and easier for me to control and will cut 2 inch pipe just as fast as my Milwaukee porta band, I now go to it instead of the Milwaukee which is mounted in a stand now too... Funny thing is now that it's in a stand I use it all the time where before I hardly used it. I used it on this project to cut the toggle clamp's angle irons to the right height.
I am happy with the way it came out, I plan on doing the same thing to the Milwaukees stand.
Nice toggle clamps.
http://www.thetoggleclampstore.com/36202.html
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