These rubber stem casters include models designed for shopping carts, scaffolding, and many other applications. They attach to their intended applications by a stem that fits into a socket. Welcome to Caster Specialists, your one stop shop for casters, wheels and caster accessories. With our extensive seleciton, from small furniture casters to large heavy-duty kingpinless casters and a range of caster wheels, there's a caster in there that will work for you, many are in stock and ship the next business day. Horizontal Bolt Hole Centers Vertical Bolt Hole CentersHerman Miller� Replacement Casters Reduces Scratches, Nicks, Scrapes, Gouges Antimicrobial, Cleanroom, Conductive, Decorative, Electronic, Plate, Polymer, Stainless Steel & Stem Self Stick on WheelsAdding caster wheels is a great way to make heavy furniture easier to clean behind or rearrange. With a couple of quick steps, you can roll your furniture around the room as needed. Note: If your floors are uneven or you worry about your furniture staying steady, purchase caster wheels with a locking mechanism so your furniture only moves when you want it to.
A post caster wheel is received into the bottom of the furniture leg or corner. Usually these are the more decorative of the two kinds of casters, with either a metallic ball or a covered cylindrical rolling element. At home stores, these are sold mostly as replacement parts, without the receiving cylinders, but you can find sets of casters and cylinders online. You can't just drill a hole to receive the post, since the receiving cylinder has a "catch" to hold the caster in place, so you do need the cylinder pieces. These casters allow the furniture to be rolled in any direction. A flat plate holding the caster mechanism is screwed onto the furniture bottom with these kind. These are usually less decorative and more utilitarian, using plain rubber wheels in a metal housing. Some are fixed, some swivel, some can be locked in place. The swiveling kind is the most versatile since it allows for moving the furniture in any direction. Turn your furniture upside down to see what is available as a surface for your caster, which partly determines the kind you'll use.
Some items that sit flat on the floor will require screw-on casters. Other items, like some bookcases or desks, will have legs or some other decorative element that sets the actual bottom up from the floor. These may, with a little work, support either post or screw-on casters. Since so much furniture is assemble-yourself these days, there will often be no extra support at the corners as there is in craftsman-made furniture. Therefore, you'll have to build up the corners before attaching wheels (for long, heavy items like entertainment centers, it's good to also put casters at the front and back center). You can do this by adding pieces of scrap wood to each corner with screws or glue. A very sturdy glue, like construction adhesive, eliminates worries about screw length. Measure the depth of the leg or toe-kick to decide how much of the caster you want to protrude beyond it. Make sure to account for the pile of your carpet so the furniture's rolling isn't halted by the bottom edge getting caught on the carpet.
If you like the looks of your decorative caster or if you don't mind an industrial vibe with the screw-on type, let more of them show. Each type comes in both "showy" and less obtrusive variations. Cut pieces of scrap wood, with surfaces big enough to hold your chosen caster and thick enough to allow your caster wheel to protrude the right distance (stack various thicknesses until it's right), and attach them into the corners of the furniture. Remember that if you're using a post caster, this built-up area needs to be deep enough for the receiving cylinder, and if you're using the screw-on type, there needs to be enough extra wood surrounding the flange so the screws won't split out the sides. Additionally, if your furniture bottom is flat, make sure the flange of the screw-on caster is far enough from the edges that the screws don't split out the sides. Drill the post holes and secure the receiving cylinders inside them according to the manufacturer's instructions. Then, insert each post caster into the cylinder until it "locks."
For screw-on types, pre-drill screw holes for the caster flanges and attach each flange firmly. Then, turn the furniture right side up (being careful not to lean all its weight on the new casters while turning it) and you're ready to roll! Remember when moving heavy furniture around you should keep your hands at about the midpoint to avoid overbalancing.Since 1927, this family owned and operated firm has seen to the industrial caster and furniture glide needs of the Rocky Mountain West. A large, comprehensive local stock of chair glides, office chair casters as well as convertible aluminum handtrucks, platform trucks and carts coupled with a well trained staff assures you speedy service and an excellent chance of finding those hard-to-find items. steel hand trucks and aluminum handtrucks from the following vendors: Magliner,From the simplest nail-on-type glides to 40,000 pound capacity casters the L. G. Rathbun Company stocks and distributes
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