Monday 13 August 2012

Ordering the right size caster sockets



Some pieces of furniture will be manufactured with caster sockets already built into the leg. Others will not have been made to have wheels on the bottom, and will lack this piece of equipment. As the socket is meant to fit inside the hollow leg of the furniture and hold the caster in place, it needs to be the right size exactly in order to do its job without incident. Some people get around this by taping the edges of the socket with thick tape that will plug the gap and create the necessary friction.

Finding caster sockets that are not featured in the catalog

Because chairs and tables come with many different thickness legs, this means that there has to be a range of caster sockets available for them. Most manufacturers stock a good amount of these sizes, but there are occasions when it will not be apparent in their catalog of stock. In this scenario, most companies will be happy to look at a photograph or measurements to see if they have a specific one in stock.

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