Overthinking

All weekend I've been dithering (an occupational hazard for me) about how to resolve the issue of making two of my four layout sections easy to move.

The simplest answer is, of course, just putting casters on the bottoms of their legs. I've been resisting that solution mightily, however, because I didn't want them to be higher than they are, and I wanted them to be leveling (as they are now, with the screw-in leveling feet). As noted in my previous post, I've been mulling various systems for creating retractable casters. I saw one design on line (that I now understand), and I figured out a design of my own. Even this morning I spent some time and energy figuring out how I could adapt this design to the legs I've already built.

But in the end, it's just a little too complicated. And considering that the units will have to be moved as often as every day, retractable casters are more work than is worthwhile.

Farm & Fleet has casters that are less than 2 inches high and would do the job just fine. I would put casters on the legs of 2 sections, and then create simple risers to bring the other 2 sections up to the same level. (Or, I could just put casters on all four sections and be done with it.) Raising the entire layout 2 inches just is not a big deal. And heck, if it really turns out to be too high, I can just cut 2 inches off the top of each leg assembly.

I don't think locking casters are available in the size I'm looking at; if they are, then that's an option to go with.

And I'll pull out all the T-nuts and all the levelers and put them in ziploc bags for storage. I'm sure there will be occasion to use them in the future.

SO:
Next step is to buy at least 2 sets of 4 casters each. (Or, again, perhaps 4 sets.)

I also need 16 4-foot lengths of 1/4-inch by 1-1/14 inch furring to be used for cross braces that will further stabilize the legs, in keeping with the Hediger benchwork design I'm using.

We'll see if I can get to that this week.