December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 35m
English
A Swivel Caster Bolt-Hole Jig |
Bonnie McDonald |

FIGURE 1: PICTORIAL

FIGURE 2: CASTER SWEEP CLEARANCE
Tired of spending too much time tracing bolt holes for stock casters? Try this simple jig, commonly used at the Santa Fe Opera, and your tracing days are over.
Place the caster upside down on the steel plate. Rotate the caster on its base, and mark both the wheel’s sweep and the caster plate’s bolt holes on the steel. Next, around the sweep circle, draw a square whose sides are ⅛″ larger than the sweep circle. See Figure 2. This larger ...
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