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Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: Brandon697 on January 18, 2008, 05:28:31 pm

Title: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: Brandon697 on January 18, 2008, 05:28:31 pm

Hey I'm finishing up my arcade project and to make manuevering it into my house easier, I want to attach 4 shopping cart type wheels to the bottom to act as feet.  I've searched around on the internet and have no idea what store i could go to for this, any one know? Thanks

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: FhM on January 19, 2008, 07:28:03 am

What country you in?

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: fixedpigs on January 19, 2008, 10:23:04 am

http://www.rockler.com/CategoryView.cfm?Cat_ID=38&filter=castor

look mainly at these...
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5819&filter=castor

these...
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=400&filter=castor

and these...(290lb weight limit...)
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=1167

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: Brandon697 on January 19, 2008, 11:07:16 am

FhM I live in USA. and FixedPigs thanks for those links thats exactly what I'm looking for!

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: sstorkel on January 21, 2008, 03:35:36 am

My suggestion is to use two fixed and two rotating casters. Maneuvering the cabinet will be easier with two fixed wheels. If all four wheels rotate, it can be difficult to keep the cabinet moving in the desired direction. I use casters similar to the heavy-duty ones that fixedpigs linked to. I buy mine from Woodcraft, where they also sell a matching fixed caster.

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: unclet on January 21, 2008, 03:44:17 pm

I just got mine at Home Depot hardware store......

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100022179


The casters from Rockler seem a bit expensive to me ....... try Grainger instead ... they are a lot cheaper.  I searched for "caster" and it came up with many types. I then selected "plate caster" and got the following link.    Just click on a picture to see the price.  Not sure if there is a minimum purchase or not ...

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/guideBrowse.shtml

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: thorus on January 21, 2008, 04:18:37 pm

I bought mine 2 of them at Lowes and then returned them and purchased four of them at Harbor freight for less.  And I didn't even get them on sale I could have gotten them for bout $10 for all 4 if I was patient enough to wait for the RIGHT sale.

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: sstorkel on January 21, 2008, 05:27:12 pm

This nice thing about the Rockler casters is that they really lock, unlike most of the cheap casters I've used. Not only do they lock the wheel, but they also lock the swivel, too. And they last forever...

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: fjl on January 21, 2008, 10:21:34 pm

How about adding some tilt wheels?

http://www.happcontrols.com/accessories/33119800.htm

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: Dustin Mustangs on January 23, 2008, 02:27:24 pm

Northern tool has a good selection of these as well.  I think I paid like $12 for 4 of them shipped that where way beefier than I needed (that's the way I like things).

Title: Re: Wheels on my Arcade machine...
Post by: bvicarious on January 23, 2008, 07:50:31 pm

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62269.msg618496#msg618496

I'm going to be pimping this idea until someone actually does it  ;D