HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base for 6-Inch and 8-Inch Jointer Current Model Powermatic Machines

by HTC

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Makes cleanup a breeze--simply move to clean, then re-position! Increase your working space by mounting your machines on HTC mobile machine bases. You immediately gain valuable floor space by effortlessly positioning machine location to suit your needs, or store machines not in use. Most HTC mobile bases have two rigid type wheels and one swivel wheel arranged to raise your machine by only 3/4 inch off the floor. Standard easy set brake knobs on the two rigid wheels provide positive control without use of the controls. All HTC mobile bases are constructed of heavy-gauge steel and are full welded for strength and finished appearance. Only most popular models shown - we can order any size. For Powermatic Models 50 & 60 Jointers.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 21.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000225TW
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: HPJ-6
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,097 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #59 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Power Tool Accessories > Mobile Bases

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HTC Mobile Base not custom-fitted to Powermatic 54A Jointer, February 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base for 6-Inch and 8-Inch Jointer Current Model Powermatic Machines (Tools & Home Improvement)

HTC's custom Mobile Base for the Powermatic 54A Jointer (HTC #HSB 2855) does the job of moving this heavy unit around. The front of the HTC mobile base exactly conforms to the curved front of the jointer's base cabinet. However, it leaves one wanting for a better executed product when you consider that HTC custom designed the base for this jointer, only. The base is larger by an inch or so in each dimension allowing the jointer to slide around within the confines of the base's rim. I've slipped strips of wood in to hold the unit tightly within the base. Also, a fault of all HTC mobile bases (I also have my cabinet saw on one) is their wheel locking design on the two fixed axle wheels. You can never tighten these enough to keep them from rolling. My solution to this will be to remove the piece of spring steel that's between the end of the threaded lock-down screw and the wheel (this is what slips) so they'll make diect contact.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dosen't Fit The 60B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, August 6, 2004

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A. L. Richard "WoodWorker" (New Orleans La.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base for 6-Inch and 8-Inch Jointer Current Model Powermatic Machines (Tools & Home Improvement)

I am not much for writing these reviews...After having this base for 4 days waiting for the jointer to come in, I finally picked up the jointer from the freight company!!! I am really ticked off at amazon and one other reviewer for saying this base fits the 60B...I can promise you it is too small....I dont know the base size of the 6 inch Powermatic but I measured the 8 inch base on my jointer and it's right under 24 inches X 18 inches...I rounded it up to the next inch, it's only a quarter inch smaller each way...The base is built nice and I am really disappointed that it doesn't fit!!! Amazon, wake up and stock the powermatic mobile bases on your site!!!!!! I'm sure that this base would probably fit the 6 inch powermatic, but don't order it for the 8 inch or you will be in the same boat I'm in...I now have a 400lb machine and no way to move it untill I get the right mobile base!!! I hope this helps someone out!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Stong mobile tool base, December 27, 2005

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Victor H. Agresti "remodeling-guy" (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base for 6-Inch and 8-Inch Jointer Current Model Powermatic Machines (Tools & Home Improvement)

HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base

The HTC base shown in the Amazon photo with a Delta DJ-15 planer, is actually model HRJ-15, specifically designed for that planer or any tool with a 17" x 27" base. (I own HRJ-15 and HPJ-6 bases.) HRJ-15's are available from Rockler dot com and other vendors. Click on customer photos for images of an HPJ-6 base.

I've owned an HTC HPJ-6 Mobile Base since the early 1990's. This base can support a variety of shop tools - it doesn't have to be a planer.

Internal measurements (inside the squared part of the frame) of the HPJ-6 are 16.5" x 22.5", although it could be used for a somewhat larger tool if you raise the tool on plywood above the box frame of the base. In addition, the angled area at the single wheel end provides additional space, especially if the tool to be supported has a rounded base.

Pros:

- Clean, smooth lines due to one-piece frame construction, give the base a custom look. Appears to be well made. More attractive than any bolt-together base that I've seen. A matter of taste, but I prefer this clean look versus the erector set look of an adjustable-sized tool base such as the HTC2000.

- Have used it for well over a decade with no problems and zero maintenance.

-Three-wheel fixed-size bases cost less than 4-wheel fixed-sized bases of the same quality.

- Three-wheel bases won't wobble, even if the floor isn't flat. I.e., a four-wheel base would wobble if only three of its wheels touched the floor. If there is a wobble with this base, it's the tool wobbling on the base itself (use shims), not the HTC base wobbling on the floor.

- I use three-wheel HTC bases for a band saw, sander, and jointer, and they are all excellent. Those tools are not top heavy, so I have no concern about tip-over. I own six HTC bases altogether and they are all high quality.

Cons:

- Three wheel bases supporting a very top-heavy tool such as a drill press are more unstable than a four wheel base of the same size would be.

- Have to lean over to tighten the plastic-handled wheel lock screws; and to loosen them to roll the tool again. Other bases have a wheel lock operated with your foot, which is more convenient. The oldest of my HTC bases had the screw simply poke into the rubber wheel to lock it, while newer HTC bases put a piece of flat spring steel between the wheel and screw, to protect the wheel. Both kinds of wheel locks work fine.