tolley1466 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 My cable trunk needs some castors fitted but the material is quite thin.I'm just worried that if I put Castors on the case that they may be 'ripped' out. I was thinking of re-enforcing the area with maybe a piece of wood between the castors and the case. Anybody have any thoughts on how I could re-enforce the case where the castors are going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Its fairly common either to have runners or a whole sheet between the flight case and the castors in order to spread the weight over the whole base of case, rather than just onto the 4 points where the castors are. This often held on by the castors bolts. (So bolt castors to case through the piece of wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 If your case is very thin and fragile :D it may be a better idea to bolt castors through a skid of ply inside the case. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Or you can get some plastic "corner" pieces that do the same job, and are already formed to fit Guitel castors. Adam Hall sell them... link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I'd probably go with a ply plank outside the case, with bolts through the case and into the castors, along with a bit of thread lock to stop the bolts coming loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolley1466 Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Could I have a plank of wood inside and also outside the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 You could, though I don't see that the internal plank offers much extra to the external plank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 A full sheet will add alot of weight to the flightcase, something you don't want, even though you are putting wheels on it. You still have to take a flight of stairs, on and off the van if you have no ramp and the extra weight in the van into account. 2 "strips" of ply with 2 wheels on each will be enough. Bolt the wheels to the ply using T nuts and then use BIGGER bolts to bolt the ply to the case. Get the positioning right. Too little overhang and it'll be a pain to tip up in the van as it'll try and roll about. Too much overhang and you'll hit ground going up slopes or a ramp onto the van. That all said, I've got flightcases from Thomann that I've just bolted wheels onto the backs off without ply and they've done me maybe 1000 shows fault free. So it depends on the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndenim Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 To save a lot of time why not just use dolly boards? Or maybe something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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