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Minwah:


--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on August 03, 2005, 09:24:36 pm ---IMO, if you have a good handtruck, you don't need wheels.

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A cab with wheels can get into a space a handtruck cannot as easily tho.  My room is VERY cramped, and so wheels are very handy to have.

I have about a ~1cm gap between floor & cab.  I probably should have made it a bit more as on thick carpet cab rubs on the floor.

I planned to use 2 lockable castors...but due to things not working out as planned I have no locks.  As some people here said at the time, the cab doesn't move anyway unless you want it to due to the weight of the thing.

Franco:

Yeah I have lockable wheels but as they are under the cab it is not possible to get to the levers to lock the wheels, whoops! Oh well like I said they still work fine. I must agree with you Minwah, I should have left a slightly bigger gap too.

If you do go for a 'sunken' base make sure it is properly braced from the top side of the sunken base that is supporting wheels as all of the weight that would be supported by the base of the cab/end of the panels, will now be trasferred to the sunken base.

Now im home I can attach a pic of my sunken base incase it helps.





toolaa:

Those are a nice set.  My wheels were onlt 2" and I found it difficult yo roll arround on carpet.

NoOne=NBA=:

I've got two fixed in back, and two swivel in front on my home-built.
I would have gotten it stuck in the hallway with a handtruck, or rear-only wheels.

I've got two Nichibutsu cabs that have rear-only wheels, and they are pretty nice in open spaces.
The Vindicator cab I have though is a major pain because it doesn't have ANY wheels, and the base is filled with concrete or something for stability.

nullb0y:

im going to use 4 sunken swivel castors on my controll pannel on my showcase but the monitor section will not. the monitor will come out (tv) and the cab is the just a big brick of wood lol

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