[GreenKeys] Square legs on Teletype 15 & 19 tables need inerts to put casters into -WHEELS!

[epvgk at limpoc.com]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 05:50:00PM +0000, pacquerat at comcast.net wrote:
> Friends, 
> 
> I couldn't find caster inserts for my 19 some 40 years ago so I made an angle iron frame with open steel mesh to rest the feet. That prohibited the rolling under any perforator but I still haven't got a roller base for a perf anyway. 
> 
> That said. 
> 
> I found out the "hard way" that ordinary casters will NOT work on a wood floor and maybe not on plastic or composite floors. The machine is so heavy that the forces on a small, narrow high durometer or Bakelite caster will compress, PERMANENTLY, the floor material. I had to run the diameter up to 2" and 3/4" wide , double wheel, soft durometer caster assembly so my oak parquet didn't get tracks in it after rolling around the 19 to reach connections and service the REC-30... No I don't know what the durometer is, sorry. 
> 
> No problem if you have a concrete or ceramic tile floor... 
> 
> GL 
> 
> Chas 
> WA1JFD 

I discovered this with my M19 also. Instead of casters, I found a set of 
"floor protectors" which are basically metal plates with carpet on the bottom:
http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/Shepherd-Hardware-Square-Carpet-Base-Floor-Protectors---4-Pk./0000000052650?utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=shopping%2Bsearch&utm_campaign=google%2Bproduct%20search&gslfah&gclid=COW7yNCg9LsCFcQ9Qgod214AaA
The ones I found are exactly the right size for the M19 table's feet. It doesn't
make it exactly *easy* to move, but I can slide it across the floor without
doing any damage. 


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