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Willypill:

Are wheels a good idea?  I've seen many people putting wheels on their cabinets.  This seems like a good idea for when you are moving it.  But when it's just setting there in it's final place, it seems like the wheels may move it when you don't want it moved.  Plus it would be lifted off the ground some, and it seems like it would look funny like that.  What's you'alls thoughts?

USSEnterprise:

IMO, if you have a good handtruck, you don't need wheels.

versapak:

You could always put locking wheels on there.


I personally didn't put wheels on mine. I kind of wish I would have now though. Not for the ease of movement, but so that the MDF was sitting on the floor, where my kids feel the need to spill their darn drinks.


You could skirt around the bottom, so that the cab only looks like it is raised a centimeter or 2 off of the ground, and leave the back section open, so as to access the wheel locks.


Unfortunately it doesn't make a great after thought project, because it will raise my control panel to an uncomfortable height. :(




wintermute:

Some of my cabinets have wheels mounted in the back such that if you tilt the cabinet backwards, the wheels touch the ground and roll, but when the cabinet is standing upright they are off the ground.  This gives you good stability, however you may have ugly wheels showing in the back of the cab, if that bothers you.

wm

Apollo:

I use locking castors on my home built cabs, one on each corner.

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