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Your cart is empty.Bora Portamate Mobile Base Kit PM-1100 can be customized to bring mobility to any machine. If you need more room in your garage or workshop, the PM-1100 universal mobile base caster kit is your best solution. It’s exactly what you need to make your heavy machinery, bandsaws, table saws, drill presses, safes, cabinets, or anything else – easily moveable, regardless of its footprint size. It lets you keep stationary work equipment out of the way until needed, freeing space for large projects and cleaning. This fully customized mobile base uses corner wheel pieces with predrilled holes to insure the perfect fit for any machine. This dolly wheel kit is sturdy and easy to assemble, plus there's no size capacity limit, so it fits virtually any large piece of machinery. The hard plastic, 3 inch wheels at all four corners make it easy to maneuver. Roll one tool in; roll another tool out. The foot-operated levers lock machines to the floor. This base features a durable power-coated finish and has a maximum weight capacity of 400 pounds. All wheels and hardware parts are included, but plywood is sold separately. Add it to your shopping cart now!
Mr. O.
2025-07-16 18:40:43
I've tried several mobile bases but this is, by far, the very best! It is easy and quick to assemble, strong, smooth operating, low profiled, and quite a reasonable price. You can't go wrong with this base!!!
DocEE
2025-06-05 10:29:56
I originally bought the HTC2000 Adjustible Mobil Base kit and extra extender kit to make a base for my compound miter saw which is on a stand that is 28†wide by 63†long. The HTC2000 and extender kit went together fine and moved the saw around great. The problem I had with that arrangement was every time I went to use the saw I tripped over the mobile base frame because it was a giant rectangle frame. The stand that the saw sits on has upside down V-shaped flared out legs. Between the legs the saw sits on a pair of parallel bars that connect to the top of the Upside down V - so they are more centered than the full width of the legs at the floor level. I kept trying to figure out how to modify that mobile base unit so the front part of the frame wouldn’t be right where you need to stand to use the saw.I started looking around on Amazon again at mobile bases and discovered the Portamate PM-1100 so decided to give it a try. Glad I did! I just finished assembling it and it works great. I used some 1x6 pressure treated boards for the 28†short ends and a 63†piece of 2x4 down the center forming large “H†configuration. I connected the boards into the “H†using some carriage bolts. Plopped the saw on top of the big “H†and it works perfectly! Rolls around very nicely and no more tripping over the frame.A few suggestions for assembly...when you are assembling the corner pieces, drill the holes a little bigger than the size of the bolt. If you have a drill press use that. I didn’t get some of my holes straight at first and had trouble lining up the holes for the top/bottom plates until I reamed out the holes I drilled crooked. Also it would have been great to have a second set of hands available especially when I was fighting the crooked holes but I eventually used the bench vice and that helped. Plan out and then double check your plan where you want the swivel wheels to be - both on the short end or on the lon end. I thought I had it figured out until it was all together and I realized for such a long piece it would be better to have the swivel wheels on the short end. So After struggling with all my crooked holes, I had to take it all apart and put it together again with the wheels in different corners. Went together easier the second time! Lastly, be aware that there isn’t much clearance under the bottom plate, only about a half inch, so if your floor isn’t level or you are moving a long piece down a signtly sloped floor, you will scrape bottom.I plan to buy another Portamate PM-1100 for my lathe and configure it like I did for the miter saw, just not sure what to do with the HTC2000 now but I’m sure in time I will find a tool that needs wheels. Good luck - this was a good project for me, a novice just setting up a shop.
Raymond O Schleicher Jr
2025-06-03 16:25:55
It took a while to receive the wheel kit. Very easy to assemble and use. Works great for the band saw stand I wanted to be able to move. Well constructed.
Don R.
2025-06-02 17:20:12
This mobile base works fine, it is the second one I have purchased . The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because the lock washers listed in the assembly were not in the hardware package. I had some in my inventory so I used my own. I the instructions were also not very clear addressing the parts.
Le Brew
2025-05-26 18:52:33
First off, he will be required to create a base plate for this mobile tool base. Being an avid home woodworker, I had no problem in creating a base out of three-quarter inch plywood. I would imagine that if you were planning to buy this then you should have no problem in creating the necessary plywood base plate. With that said, once constructed, the mobile base is very solid. It has good clearance, easy to move with a load on it and once adjusted, it provides a very solid foundation for your tool, stand and tool. Mine was used to provide mobility for a bench grinder on a small stand. Having a one car garage and a small apartment requires flexibility and ingenuity in use of and storage of tools. The location where I store the bench grinder is not where I want to use the bench grinder so I have to have a method to move it. I had been dragging it from the storage location to where I use it, but that was not the best solution. Haven’t seen these mobile base plates, I thought that would be a very is viable solution. Now that it has been installed it’s very easy to move the grinder around the garage once the car is out. The mobile base plate is very easy to use. Simply step down on the levers for lifting the solid feet off of the floor, roll to where you need to have it, and then reset the feet back onto the floor. One feature that would make the operation immensely more simple would be to have a crossbar mechanism and a single lever to lift the feet vice using separate levers for both sides. It works, but it’s slightly clumsy, of course doing so would increase the cost so it’s a trade-off. All in all I’m very satisfied with the capabilities in the construction of the mobile tool base. If you were like me with limited space and need to move things around a lot. I highly recommend this device.
Jeri
2025-04-19 15:44:10
I purchased to use to move my band saw. It was easy to put together and assemble. I went ahead a purchased even some mention wheels are low grade. I figured I can replace them when needed. So got band saw on the board with castors and it works ok. Base is stable when down but when I go to move and push pedal down one won't stay down without me pushing all the time. That makes it hard to move when you have one foot on pedal. if that part worked better this might not be to bad. The video I watched about this made it look so easy to move and I like that part. That was one reason I purchased this unit. Most complain about wheels but the foot pedal is bigger issue for me. Good luck to all
Mikael Högberg
2025-03-09 15:37:49
Well built smart solution for moving machines etc. Nice that there are multiple options to place the wheels so that the levers can be placed where they aren't too much in the way. A bit pricy and needs some adjustments when mounting on thick base sheets.
Jose juan davalos esquivel
2025-02-13 10:42:51
Primeras impresiones, exelente muy practico y facil dea minipular, la use para una sierra de banco Knova de 12" y 3½ HP con un peso aprox. de 160 kl. ay que esperar con el tiempo si sigue funcionando igual, sies asi comprare otro set para mi canteadora
Edwin
2025-01-21 12:28:04
Vy innovative. Price can be lower.
RAS
2025-01-16 18:37:38
The PM 1100 is a high quality, well designed mobile base with great flexibility to fit any size tool up to the weight limit. It was relatively easy to assemble using normal shop tools and I had no issues with alignment of the holes. I used the corner assembly clamped to the bottom as a template and marked the holes with a brad point drill bit slightly smaller than the hole.Depending on how accurate you are with this process, you can either do the final drilling to exact fit the screws, or drill one size larger to accommodate any minor misalignment. The holes in the corner assembly are threaded and will benefit from having the screws run part way through to remove paint in the threads, prior to assembly. I installed this base under a Rigid TS3650 table saw that weighs 280 lbs and it works perfectly. I mounted the front assembly with casters and levers pointing sideways so there is no tripping hazard and once the floor stops were adjusted the saw is very solid. I like that the levers to raise and lower are metal and move easily with a toe push. Check the BoraTools.com website for help selecting the correct base for your application. Highly recommend and will be ordering a second base for my bandsaw.
NIGE
2024-12-17 14:43:36
A bit of an investment for castors, but in my view worth it. I tried to make something similar for my shop saw, but the castors were really too small for the job, so instead of buying different castors, I saw this product and I am glad I purchased them. Attached them to a piece of 16mm structural ply and they roll beautifully, with adjustable feet when releasing wheels out of the way to ensure you can always have a stable platform no matter where you put your equipment.
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