WalnutBurl
21st December 2009, 12:13 PM
Hello All
I am a woodworker in spirit. When I was young 'girls didn't do that'. By the time I was big enough to ignore them, I had a shoulder injury which makes handling tools difficult.
My home is small and rooms are multifunctional. The dining table is now too heavy to be moved out of the kitchen by guests aged 55 to 70. (We used to be younger!)
I would like to attach braking castors to the legs, which will have to be shortened by the height of the castors.
When I tried to get this job done about 5 years ago, all the professionals wanted to make me a new table ($5,000 to $8,000):
1. The table was a gift and has sentimental value.
2. I don't have that kind of money, but I would expect to pay for the time of the person doing the job.
3. I also have a number of other timber related problems which need attention.
So far, all the non-professionals have been cowboys who didn't know how to do the job - and I know exactly how.
The table was from Freedom, that is, flat packed, with the legs attached using butterfly screws. There is stuff I don't know:
1. castors with plates for attaching?
2. castors for inserting?
3. will the legs split if drilled into vertically?
Is this sort of thing do-able and can anyone out there do it, please?
Thanks
Deb
I am a woodworker in spirit. When I was young 'girls didn't do that'. By the time I was big enough to ignore them, I had a shoulder injury which makes handling tools difficult.
My home is small and rooms are multifunctional. The dining table is now too heavy to be moved out of the kitchen by guests aged 55 to 70. (We used to be younger!)
I would like to attach braking castors to the legs, which will have to be shortened by the height of the castors.
When I tried to get this job done about 5 years ago, all the professionals wanted to make me a new table ($5,000 to $8,000):
1. The table was a gift and has sentimental value.
2. I don't have that kind of money, but I would expect to pay for the time of the person doing the job.
3. I also have a number of other timber related problems which need attention.
So far, all the non-professionals have been cowboys who didn't know how to do the job - and I know exactly how.
The table was from Freedom, that is, flat packed, with the legs attached using butterfly screws. There is stuff I don't know:
1. castors with plates for attaching?
2. castors for inserting?
3. will the legs split if drilled into vertically?
Is this sort of thing do-able and can anyone out there do it, please?
Thanks
Deb