swivel vs fixed casters for welder cart?

Large, expensive swivel casters work pretty well. Small, cheap, barely adequate ones are a nuisance.

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:19:52 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Don Foreman quickly quoth:

Only on perfectly flat surfaces. Add slopes and you're in trouble.

No doubt.

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Nope. Airports have slopes. No problem once ya get the hang of it.

This I learned too. The first set were over loaded. The second set "function". If I were not moving everything out in a month, I'd bite the bullet and get bigger ones. Might have to trim the top off the "cabinet" (A shipping crate set on end.) to get it in the door if I did so.

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--Go with 2 and 2; makes it easier to back into corners. Also makes it easier to secure.

The cart I made for my Lincoln 125+ has four swivel casters. The two in the back are fixed now because of poor design on my part. The gas bottle support interferes with the casters swivelling. I will be changing the bottle mount in order to regain 4 swivelling casters. Only two swivels make for a poorly manuvering weld cart. Eric

Two and two. Makes it easier to steer. Four swivels seem to have a mind of their own.

Jim

I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that Larry Jaques wrote on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:11:30

-0700 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Gad, I'd forgotten about that. The apartment building I lived in had carts available to move stuff in and out. Really helpful, save that the sidewalk was a little bit canted, and the parking lot was not level, or flat. I wound up getting myself my own hand truck to move furniture in (and later, out).

-- pyotr filipivich "I had just been through hell and must have looked like death warmed over walking into the saloon, because when I asked the bartender whether they served zombies he said, ?Sure, what'll you have?'" from I Hear America Swinging by Peter DeVries

Ramps are not unusual in European airports. Baggage carts don't work well on stairs or escalators.

I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that Gunner Asch wrote on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:30:02 -0700 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Akk - bad pun. Bad, bad pun. No soup for the pun.

I just wish I'd thought of it first.

pyotr

-- pyotr filipivich "I had just been through hell and must have looked like death warmed over walking into the saloon, because when I asked the bartender whether they served zombies he said, ?Sure, what'll you have?'" from I Hear America Swinging by Peter DeVries

Gunner

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We have a pipe threading machine with 4 swivels. Moving it any distance is a like mudwrestling that drunk fat lady.

Somewhere I saw swivel casters with a lock pin so you could convert to fixed. I'd consider that option.

Wes

Yikes. The four swivel caster beast we have at work is an Oster pipe threader.

Wes

Its probably as old as I am, and it keeps working just hunky. Ive got chasers for damned near every rod and pipe thread possible.

"Obama, raises taxes and kills babies. Sarah Palin - raises babies and kills taxes." Pyotr Flipivich

I wonder if new chasers are still available. I was able to purchase a new cutting oil pump a year ago.

Wes

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It seems to me that 4 swivels work for relatively light machines on a flat floor, and tight places. Two and two are better for heavier machines, rough floors or dirt, and longer distances.