I am building an enterainment center out of red oak and this thing is getting real heavy. I will need to slide this out from my den wall from time to time to gain access to the cables in back. I have oak flooring that I don’t want to scratch. The entertainment center has bracket feet. What can I put on the bottom of these feet to eliminate the possibility of scratching my floor (and help it slide easier). I was thinking about peel and stick felt.
Jeff
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Jeff,
If the unit is truly that heavy, the standard self adhesive felt strips may compact enough over time as to render them almost useless. Speaking from experience, you'll want something a little more rugged. I've used screw-on Teflon glides with great success for some very large pieces. They come in numerous sizes and shapes, but the only hang-up is that you'll have to lay the unit on its side to screw them on. I usually pick these up at my local Rockler store. Teflon slide link > (http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&offerings_ID=2308&ObjectGroup_ID=92&CATID=28)
Rockler offers a number of slides that would be appropriate for your application. http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/showoff.cfm?&DID=6&CATID=28&ObjectGroup_ID=92
To keep these, or any slide from being visible, a block can be added to the inside corner of the bracket feet and a slide attached to that. If you measure the block and slide's height precisely, the unit can "float" 1/16" off the floor.
A completely other option would be to mount the components on a slide out tray, and the television on a lazy Susan to gain access to the cables.
Dan Kornfeld - President/Owner, Odyssey Wood Design, Inc.
And if you don't really want to add feet to it, there's glide pads you can buy that are marketed towards the guy who wants to move a dryer. Two sheets of what is probably UHMW plastic about 8" w x 24" l with a lanyard between them. You can tip one side up just enough to scoot the plastic in, then ditto on the other. You really can slide an oven across a kitchen pretty easy with them. And no scuffs.
"There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded, and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair" J.F.Kennedy
If you try to use a sticky felt & the cabinet is heavy, they wont work. My wife, who is not a big person,Used to get the kids to help pick up the end she wanted moved & had one of the kids put a small throw rug under one end. that way she could move the intertainment center, when I was stuck at the cape
Good luck
JBranch,
Could you install wheels or casters- hiding them behind the bracket feet of course? At the local lumberyard parts department there are about 50 different kinds of wheels or casters suitable for cabinets. The blister packs say 'nonmarring synthetic rubber'. Also, Grizzly sells many styles of heavy duty casters which may suit your needs for a heavy piece of furniture.
sawick
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