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Originally Posted by jyl
Hey, just a quickie for your guys. No, not that kind of quickie.
You know how, if you have a piece of equipment on caster wheels, even if you lock all four caster wheels, the equipment will still move a little because the caster wheel rotates around its steering axis? I don't want that movement.
I am looking for the name or link for the kind of caster that, when you lock it, the wheel retracts and the equipment's leg rests on the floor, and the equipment is as solidly planted on the ground as if it were on fixed legs.
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Many rolling items have been made stationary when needed by the opposite, that is legs extending downward lifting the item just off the casters. Decent casters can be had for cheap if they don't have all the fancy features. A simple lever operated lifting device, even for one end only, can be made with a steel rod and some simple supplies.
Or some all thread with a double nut that you can run down with your cordless drill.
There is another version where the rolling base is relieved and the tool settles solidly on the floor. Look at Google Images for all kinds of ideas, some pretty good.