> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Holloway [mailto:thh1@c...
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 4:22 PM
> To: OLDTOOLS@W...
> Subject: Re: Moving a bench
> 
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> 	Some time back I snagged 4 heavy-duty caster wheels with the idea
> of rigging up such a system for my bench, but as with so many other things
> in my life, the project is delayed.
> 	The idea is to afix 2 of the casters on each of 2 boards, and then
> attach each board to the inside lower portion of the legs of my bench,
> front to back, with hinges.  To each of the boards I would 
> attach a handle,
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> 		Tom Holloway,

Tom,

I built such a system, about a year ago.  My bench weighs about 300 pounds,
so it's a bear to move.  I attached the hinges on the outside of the legs
and have a removable lever (7/8" dowel, in my case) that's perpendicular to
the caster boards so that you pull the lever outward to raise the bench.
You can then wedge a board between the lever and the legs to hold the bench
on the wheels.  I find that a 24" lever is long enough, but it does take
some strength; I push against the leg with one arm and pull the lever with
the other.

Great minds think alike ;-)!    It's not very pretty, but it works quite
well.  I made my caster boards out of fir 2x4s intending that I would test
the concept, then replace it with hardwood to match the bench's legs.  I
just haven't gotten around to it ;-(.

Curtis

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