Re: Casters on games

I've seen caster asssmbleys that are used for fridges and the like,
consist of a long plastic bar that is adjustable in length, then there
are a double pair of low casters at each end. These stick out past the
fridge and thus the unit is just barely above the floor, perhaps a one
inch rise...

John :-#)#

bill esquivel wrote:
>
> casters will add about 2" to the height of the game. plus if you buy the screw
> in type (Which will fit in the levelers holes), they will eventually rip the
> mount out of the cabinet! I did this to my missile command. The screw in type
> sit at an offset and they put too much presure on the mount.
>
> So either buy the kind that mount with 4 screws or make a larger based mounting
> bracket and use the screw in type. Some casters have wheel locks. Look for
> those.
> Also you can by levelers with plastic bottoms. they might work better for some
> applications.
>
> "Christopher X. Candreva" wrote:
>
> > I'm getting tired of trying to 'walk' my games across the floor on half
> > broken, chew-ed up feet. (The game's feet, not mine).
> >
> > Rather than just repacing them with new slides, is there any good reason not
> > to put casters under there ? Would make them a hell of a lot easier to move
> > around for fixing, cleaning, etc, even keep them off the floor a bit.
> >
> > I'm figuring I can just chock the wheels to keep them in place. Anyone ever
> > try this ?
> >
> > -Chris
> >
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