Home Depot stocks just such an item.... Nylon casting with an embedded metal washer on the attachment side, screwed on.. Might require you to drill and tap the existing metal leg, but then you have made a repair that can be "repaired" later when those feet need replaced.
Grant... On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Tim C <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > wrote: > > On 16/10/2012 5:52 PM, Jerry Herrman wrote: > >> > >> I am writing to see if one of you might have faced this problem and > solved > >> it inexpensively. (My apologies in advance for using this forum as my > >> personal handyman). > >> > >> We have a number of indoor and outdoor wrought iron furnture pieces that > >> came with plastic "feet". These feet are of two types - one type fits > >> (inserts) into the round indentation at the bottom of the furniture > leg. The > >> other type fits over the round flat metal "pad" at the bottom of the > >> furniture leg. The latter type is similar to the rubbery "shoe" one > finds on > >> the bottom of the adjustable legs of a washing machine. > >> These plastic pads have all worn out from scaping on hard surfaces like > >> tile and concrete. I was hoping to solve the problem by finding just the > >> right sized bottle caps as substitutes. That idea didn't quite work > out. I > >> then contacted mail order places and they seem to have some items, but > they > >> are kinda expensive. I am hoping not to have to make my own. Anyone > found an > >> easy solution? I hate the sound of metal scraping on concrete and tile. > > > I would suggest that if you want them to slide, get some of the slick > nylon > > doodads from the local hardware or home store intended for the purpose. > They > > have all sorts of sizes from small circles to bigger rectangle shaped > pads. > > They have self sticky things but a bit of epoxy or maybe even PL Premium > > should work if that does not. > > > > If you don't want them to slide all that readily, then do the same sort > of > > thing with some rubber pads. Should be easier to find something to make > them > > out of. An old rubber mat or a mud flap or ??? > > For indoor we used a sheet of felt cut to "size", works great and > cheap. You don't want iron to stick to the ground because it will > fracture so easily, for us the felt has been perfectly stable unless > it really gets whacked, at which point all the legs move without > breaking. > > Outdoors, maybe tennis ball feet like the teachers do in school? > > Best, > -Tim > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
