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  1. 15th March 2020, 07:55 PM #1
    Bernmc
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    Default Advice: Height adjustment

    Without thinking things through, I bought a bunch of these little 50mm castors:

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    They're going on the bottom of several mobile workstations which will double up as outfeeds for the table saw etc. Problem is, I need to be able to adjust the height of the workstations slightly to get them to the exact heights I need (I'm not the most accurate worker). This would have been easier if I'd used the single bolt mount type castors.

    Apart from shimming or routing a recess to adjust the height up/down, does anyone have any bright ideas for simple height adjustment with these?
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    Countersink a bolt through a bit of ply the same size as, or a bit bigger than, the mounting plate, screw the castors to the ply blocks, now you have single bolt mount castors.
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    Use the plastic builders wedges, makes it easy to pick the correct combination if the floor is not co-planer or the bottom of the legs not co-planer
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