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Help me solve an issue with a project I am currently working on
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:12 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:12 am
I have a table for my BGE but I am struggling to figure out a way to put it on wheels. Between the egg, the table, and the granite I imagine total weight is just over 300 lbs. I have bought several “corner casters” but none of them have a mounting bracket wide enough to handle to joint.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:16 am to thadcastle
I would use 4x4 posts nested in the angle and butt heavy duty casters to the bottom of the 4x4s. I also probably would have used 4x4s as the legs from the beginning though, and I can see how that’s gonna look a little weird. You could also “enclose” the angle by making a mirror of it, wrapping around to a large square, and mount the casters to the bottom of that.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:24 am to thadcastle
Rip a 2x4 x the length of the leg to fill the back side and attach with screws. Attach a steel plate fitting the resulting dimension of the end of the leg with screws. Mount the caster to the plate.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:25 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Or you could cut a couple of inches off the bottom of the legs and sit the legs on top of a square frame that you make out of 2x4s then mount tbe casters to the bottom of the frame.
Any of your buddies weld? You could fabricate bracket that could be bolted to the inside of each leg with a hole to recieve the caster.
Any of your buddies weld? You could fabricate bracket that could be bolted to the inside of each leg with a hole to recieve the caster.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:49 am to Ol boy
I would go to Lowes, Stines, or Home depot and buy a couple 1/4 plate pieces then Metabo them to the size you need.
Mount the caster to them and then the plate to the legs.
Would be worth filling the void there with a ripped piece of 2x
Mount the caster to them and then the plate to the legs.
Would be worth filling the void there with a ripped piece of 2x
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:03 am to thadcastle
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:14 am to thadcastle
Some good solutions offered here.
Only thing I have to add is man, frick that tape measure. Go get a Stanley. Gives me a headache looking at all those little numbers.
Only thing I have to add is man, frick that tape measure. Go get a Stanley. Gives me a headache looking at all those little numbers.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:23 am to thadcastle
This is like 40 bucks on amazon. You could screw your frame down with some angle.
I searched heavy duty floor cart.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 4:00 pm to CootKilla
Posted on 6/2/23 at 5:51 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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4x4 posts nested in the angle
No point in using a 4x4 if you were to mount it this way. Would be much stronger to use a 2x4 overlapping the cross section of the existing legs.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 11:01 pm to thadcastle
Put a 3/4 - 1 inch block on the bottom. And mount the casters to it. I agree with using some plates too. But your legs will hold 300lbs.
This post was edited on 6/2/23 at 11:05 pm
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