Where to buy wheels

There's a pretty good selection of this size of wheels at Harbor
Freight. They do have an online store, but it's better if you have one
locally as the online doesn't seem to carry all the stock I see in the
stores. I now have two within 15 minutes, so I'm spoiled! Anyway, they
have wheels with and without bearings, as well as plain wheels with
flanges so you can use your own bearings.

Also check out their larger casters, which use solid-rubber tires. You
can cut off the shafts and remove them from their carriage.

I have not seen too many with an axle and bearings already attached, as
that would be fairly specific and more often than not wouldn't be what
the customer wanted -- shaft lengths are pretty application-centric.
Without a lathe you could use a steel shaft with big-o shaft collars to
keep the shaft secure around the wheel bearing. If you have a lathe you
could cut yourself a groove for a clip.

-- Gordon

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:48:46 -0800, Gordon McComb


The below links are for those not familiar with Harbor Freight
and how a local store can get habit forming (my "local" store is
~20 miles away).

http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/common/start.do
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/tabviewer/start.do