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23rd June 2023, 01:13 AM #1Senior Member
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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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23rd June 2023, 08:30 AM #2Senior Member
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Nuts and bolts. reinforce corners internally with hard wood, larger wheel diameter.
if that fails Sack truck!!!!!!!!
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23rd June 2023, 09:43 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Nuts and bolts.
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23rd June 2023, 09:59 AM #4
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 blocksI would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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23rd June 2023, 10:02 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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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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23rd June 2023, 11:06 AM #6Senior Member
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23rd June 2023, 03:28 PM #7Senior Member
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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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23rd June 2023, 04:55 PM #8
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
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Ray
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23rd June 2023, 05:28 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Also be careful about fixing anything to a speaker cabinet as it may affect the resonance
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Edit. Sorry, just scrolled up and noticed it was an amp, not a speaker.Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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24th June 2023, 10:11 PM #10
tee nuts are pretty standard here
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