PeterC writes:

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:12:26 +0000, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
an alternative is to replace the castors
(assuming they're the type that pull out) with "rotatable
glides" (example at
http://www.jamiltonupholstery.co.uk/shop_product.asp?dept=22,
near the end of the page). They work very well, and there's
no possiblity of losing one.

I like the 'sets of 4' - almost all chairs nowadays have 5 wheels!

Ouch! I didn't notice that (I was just looking for a site
with a picture). Wherever I got mine supplied me with a set
of five.

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Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2009-01-31)