After finally finishing the assembly of my Elite Gen 2 WW with the rolling/folding stand (electronics still pending), the first thing that hit me was the weight. Getting it off the ground solo was brutal — I managed it a couple times, but never felt good about it, and I can’t always count on having a second set of hands. Since extending the legs requires lifting, I knew I had to find a better solution or the machine would just collect dust in the corner.
Inspecting the bottom of the legs, I noticed what appeared to be adjustable feet threaded in. I unscrewed one off with a 9/16" socket and found the stem was 3/8"-16 — oddly imperial for a machine where everything else is metric. A little digging turned up some heavy-duty dual-locking casters with the same diameter, thread pitch and a 1" stem, each rated to 400 lbs.
Here are the casters I got:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DY598L1W?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
The casters threaded directly into the legs without any modification. The one thing I wanted to preserve was the stability the original feet provided — they have a lip that extends up into a cavity in the leg for rigidity. To replicate that, I made four spacers from some scrap oak: 1.75" x 0.375 with a 13/16" bore to clear the nut and washer (a 3D printed version would also work). A dab of blue Loctite on each stem, and they were locked in.
The result: my WW rolls effortlessly around my small shop, and with all four casters locked and the legs set to permanent open and locked, the machine is solid. There some minor micro movement , but that is to be expected with casters. I’ll know more when I do my first test cuts, but for now, everything looks good.
This worked for my setup — your mileage may vary.
