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Thanks
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:31 pm
by cooch366
Thanks for checking, and the info. I'll take a look at the Menards site. If these work, it will be alot eaiser that re-drilling for the SS one's
Steve
trainguytom wrote:I went to the Menards website , found the casters & here is the sku & model #
Sku: 2174219
Model: 4030255M
Just to be sure I was looking at the right one, I called the local Menards & had a guy in hardware go & look for a 2" friction caster in the store area I remembered picking mine out. I had him read the sku to me & it matched the one on the website.
Now, I can't promise that it's the one because I'm not in the store looking at it (and I don't have my receipt anymore), but the wheel size matches up & there was only one stem size to choose from. The pic on the web looks a little different, but it might just be a different vendor.
That's probably the best I can do.
caster link
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:33 pm
by trainguytom
I'm going to try to add a link to the caster page.
http://www.menards.com/main/search.html?search=caster&page=3
It doesn't look like it is a link, as it's not blue, but maybe it will work when I post it. If not, you can try cut/paste to your browser
I'm still learning, here
wow
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:34 pm
by trainguytom
Wow, I am learning. I guess you're never too old...
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:39 pm
by pennview
Trainguytom, from the picture of the casters you posted, it looks like the wheels are always in contact with the floor regardless of what position the lift pedal is in. Do the legs of the Shopsmith rest on the floor when the casters are retracted?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:47 pm
by JPG
trainguytom wrote:Wow, I am learning. I guess you're never too old...
Stem length 1"?
http://www.menards.com/main/tools-hardware/builders-hardware/utility-hardware/casters/2-dyna-tread-friction-stem-caster/p-1469152-c-9698.htm
'Looks' like about half the wheel height.
Gotta love these online 'details/specifications' that reveal little.
Stem diameter????
deceptive pic
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:49 pm
by trainguytom
The work JUST like the Shopsmith casters. I think the pic I posted might have been deceptive in that the gray part you see next to the wheel is the caster assembly side, not the SS leg. They really are a "drop in" part.
I've been using them on both my MK5's for a while now & just love them.
Wheel height & stem
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:56 pm
by trainguytom
I know the web pic looks a little different, (Maybe it is) but all I can say is that I've been using them. Maybe before anyone takes the online plunge, someone with a Menards nearby can stop in to check. I'll do that next time I go past just to make sure the guy read my the skew from the right wheel, as well.
Maybe the guy read the number off a larger one or something. I can't remember if there's more than one size, but the web site does say 2" wheel & that's the SS size & the size of the ones I bought.
Tried to order from Menards
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:58 pm
by cooch366
I just tried to order these, there web site is as good as the product spec's, it keeps asking for a store location (none on the east coast), and I'm having a difficult time bypassing that requirement.
I've sent them an email asking how to order them online. Waiting for a reply
Steve
casters
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:08 pm
by trainguytom
If there's no way past that, I can always pick up some when I go by. I'm sure I can ship them to you for about the same as Menards can ship them. Send me a PM if you have to do it that way. (If I'd known they would be hard to get, I'd have started selling them on Ebay at a profit....not really)
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:09 pm
by JPG
pennview wrote:Trainguytom, from the picture of the casters you posted, it looks like the wheels are always in contact with the floor regardless of what position the lift pedal is in. Do the legs of the Shopsmith rest on the floor when the casters are retracted?
His pix does not show the leg. Only the caster casting and the caster itself is in the pix. The casting is gray.