On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:25:52 -0400, willshak wrote:

basilisk wrote the following on 10/15/2012 10:59 AM (ET):
I have an old chifforobe made in the 1920's
the wood wheel castors are broken/wornout.

I considered fitting it with modern ball bearing
castors, but the idea doesn't appeal to me.
Kinda like putting a CD player in a 1905
Pierce Arrow.

The other option is to repair the old wheels,
this is doable, but I am curious as to what kind of wood
to make the replacement wheels from.

Hickory, hard maple, lignum vitae ?

Any ideas?

basilisk

Google - wooden casters -, then click on images.

Thanks, I falsely assumed that the world had moved on
from wooden wheels but apparently a good number of places still
sell them.

basilisk