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    Default Strong screws/fasteners for MDF?

    Hey folks,
    I've added wheels to this keyboard amplifier (weighs about 25kg), and at on at least two occasions the screws have just yanked straight out of the cabinet - which seems to be made of MDF. What's something mightily strong I could use to re-attach them, that can cope with rolling along bumpy footpaths etc? Chipboard screws? Something from the wall anchor aisle?
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    Nuts and bolts. reinforce corners internally with hard wood, larger wheel diameter.

    if that fails Sack truck!!!!!!!!

    cheers
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    Nuts and bolts.

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    blocks of 35 x 70 pine cut slightly larger than the wheels.
    cut the black 'carpet' from the corners, glue blocks onto MDF then nuts n bolts through, then screw the wheels to the blocks
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    Can you access the inside of the cabinets? If so then, as the others have said, nuts, washers and bolts. If not, make a plywood dolly of the same size as the bottom of the cabinet, attach castors to that, and use it with the cabinet either permanently or temporarily attached. The larger hardware stores usually have a ‘cut shop’ where they will cut the plywood to size for you.
    Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arron View Post
    Can you access the inside of the cabinets? If so then, as the others have said, nuts, washers and bolts. If not, make a plywood dolly of the same size as the bottom of the cabinet, attach castors to that, and use it with the cabinet either permanently or temporarily attached. The larger hardware stores usually have a ‘cut shop’ where they will cut the plywood to size for you.

    variation on this good idea above, get two strips of pine bolt the wheels to this pine the. Screw the life out of it to the base of cabinet,
    cheers

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    Thanks folks, these were the two answers I was expecting. Not sure how accessible the innards of the cabinet are for bolts, hence the perhaps unrealistic hope of finding strong enough screws. A dolly might have to be the way...

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    My son was a roady for 2 years and when they bumped in or out everything was done on dolleys
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

    Cheers
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    Also be careful about fixing anything to a speaker cabinet as it may affect the resonance


    Edit. Sorry, just scrolled up and noticed it was an amp, not a speaker.
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    tee nuts are pretty standard here

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