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SirPoonga:
http://www.asseenontvdiscounts.com/sliding_robots.asp

I picked up some of these on clearence.  I put them under my asteroids cabinet.  Man, makes moving that around SOOOOO much easier.  If you don't want them under there permanently they are easy to put under.  Just slightly tilt your cabinet and push them under or pull them out.

If oyu do keep them under the cabinet that isn't a problem.  You have to put a significant horizontal force to move.  Just hitting the buttosn and such won't do it.  At least for me on my carpet.

Just an FYI for you folks.  It's something As Seen On TV that works :)

CJK:
I'll second that -- those things are great. Home Depot sells them also, BTW. I moved a huge armoire (solid maple and about 400 lbs.) with them, and it was no trouble at all.

-- Chris

D10:
I purchased a product very similar to that called moving men, and they are great. I now can leave my entertainment center loaded when I need to move it for any reason. Move it from carpet to wood floor back to carpet with now problems at all. I have some waiting for my cab when it is done...but with my ability to procrastinate that might be awhile :)

Rocky:
I use those kind of "magic sliders" on all my machines that don't have wheels.

I got tired of trying to "walk" them every time I had to move one for something

SirPoonga:
It's funny how simple the device is too.  Foam on one side for friction with what you put on it, smooth plastic on the otherside so it slides easily.  You'd think someone would have come up with that sooner.

I still think the casters on my emulation cabinet is more useful.  But for an old cabinet that doesn't have wheels it is nice.  What's nice about wheels is they work better on any surface.

But, since my dad had to help move two kids to and from college for the last 9 years he made a nice platform with large casters and a rope for pulling.  Just stack tubs or whatever on it and pull :)  But it came in useful for moving the asteroids machine.  He has big enough wheels on it that it rolls decent over grass.  That's how I got it into the apartment.  Unload cabinet from trailer in parking lot.  Roll across lawn to patio door.  Once inside put it on those sliders and moved it where I wanted it.  And I have textured carpet too.  I used the larger ones in the pack.  The smaller sliders might not have handled the textured carpet as well.

The combination of the two just made moving it a breeze.

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