Has anyone ever attempted putting castors on the back of a pin so it's easily wheeled around?
I have these on the back legs of my one remaining EM machine (Trail Drive). You do have to be careful when moving it not to pull the machine off the wheels. For an EM machine though I find it worth it as you always need to get in the backbox from the back and with these I can pull,it out from the wall and get at it. I'd be interested in knowing what diameter thread a single castor would need to have to be able to screw it in direct to a leg. I suspect the thread on the bottom of legs would be imperial while the thread on a modern castor would likely be metric?
ive had a few pins from operators with castors on the backbox but it didn't look right. only once had some legs with castors welded to the bottoms which I thought could be fun but again looked wrong. like those awful black seats electrocoin thought were a good idea in the 90s. I save the bottoms off scrap fruit machines with factory fitted castors. the base plate make a fun "skateboard" to put pins on to move around on a flat surface without being permanent.
On marco it says the leg levelers are 3/8-16 thread - there are a few casters with this thread on eBay in the US. It would make the machine a bit weird imho.I'd be interested in knowing what diameter thread a single castor would need to have to be able to screw it in direct to a leg.
That stock pic of the casters made me notice they have a hole in the middle (which is covered by the brand sticker). This can be used to secure to the caster to the leg using the leg leveler itself which still rides above the floor. Can use an old set of legs to make a wheelie set to use when shopping out and they even stand up on their own
Very clever!!
Just ordered a set (I know this is a very old post) but wondering if anyone has tried using these with the rubber feet floor savers? I'm guessing that would stop the feet falling off. You could even bolt a set of rubber feet floor savers onto these.
Good idea, like that...That stock pic of the casters made me notice they have a hole in the middle (which is covered by the brand sticker). This can be used to secure to the caster to the leg using the leg leveler itself which still rides above the floor. Can use an old set of legs to make a wheelie set to use when shopping out and they even stand up on their own
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get some pin skates.
ive had a few pins from operators with castors on the backbox but it didn't look right. only once had some legs with castors welded to the bottoms which I thought could be fun but again looked wrong. like those awful black seats electrocoin thought were a good idea in the 90s. I save the bottoms off scrap fruit machines with factory fitted castors. the base plate make a fun "skateboard" to put pins on to move around on a flat surface without being permanent.
I've been on the lookout for one of the pinball seats for years!