Tim Douglass wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:35:29 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:


yes you can make them fit snugly and they have to, to work properly.
the taper has nothing to do with it
The holes have obviuosly wallered out to much and need to be filled
and redrilled.
You will not find a antique type caster that will hold up, most are
for decoration only.
For daily use, try these, The Regency
http://www.ou****ercatalogs.com/lg_d...aster/page/164
I've installed hundreds of these and have never experienced the
problems your describing

Aha! If you look at those pictures the "friction ring stem" is what I
want. All I have been able to get in the past is the "gripneck stem",
which has a tapered socket, so your hole with parallel sides has this
tapered socket in it where all the torque of the load is on the part
where the socket nips in to grab the top of the stem. There is no way
to support to top of that socket, so it deforms. The friction ring
stem has parallel sides and the socket is supported by the wood at the
top of the stem where the side load is greatest. I'm going to order
some of those and see how they work.

One "gotcha" (maybe)...

I've used a number of casters of that type (not from posted URL). I like
the (relatively) soft ball because our soil is sand and the soft ball is
kinder to our floors. The problem I have had is that the stem was punch
fastened to the caster plate and ultimately it and the plate loosen
sufficiently to spew ball bearings all over the place. I hope these are
better secured because I need a bunch too.

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