casters

[Al Pebworth]

Terry,

What I mean is that on a few uprights, the front legs
are thick enough to get the depth required to maintain
the original heigth.

However, on others, and this for me has been most of
them, you can only go to a depth where the caster will
still rotate and no further. Any deeper and the side
of the leg will be missing.

Al

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> What do you mean by "the maximum allowable depth"?
> The few sets I have 
> installed, I have been able to route out enough
> depth to get the piano to it 
> original height. Most often the wood in the area of
> the casters is several 
> inches thick - more than enough to make up for the
> potentially taller 
> Darnell caster wheel - or so my experience has been.
> 
> I route out the full turning radius for the caster.
> The original caster was 
> likely completely under the bottom of the piano. But
> yes, if you want to 
> maintain original piano height, you need to route
> out a 
> several-inch-diameter hole for the caster top to
> rotate.
> 
> Make sense?
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >
> > I do like the Darnell Castors, but what's the
> secret
> > of installing them so that the origianl height of
> the
> > piano is not raised?
> >
> > Yes, I have routed out to the maximum allowable
> depth,
> > allowing clearance for the caster to turn, but
> even
> > then, as I remember, it is still higher that the
> > original casters.
> >
> > Has anyone else found this to be true?
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Al Pebworth
> 
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