USEFUL TO KNOW.
WHEN CASTORS COME OFF. After years of use the castors on iron beds sometimes fall off. The sharp metal end unprotected by a castor will soon tear a carpet or scratch linoleum. It is quite an easy task to replace the castor, for they are usually held in position by a split ring. When that is opened and withdrawn the castor is easily slipped off from the spindle of the bed-leg. You can buy fresh castors from any ironmongers, but be careful to take the old one as a pattern. This is especially important when a table castor goes. If the castors, are of different sizes the table will rock. When a castor comes off a chair or gets “ wobbly,” it ought to be put right at once. If the castors are of the kind that screw into the base of the leg, they work loose ’because the holes have become too big to grip the screws. The best plan is to take the castor right off, plug the holes up with wood, and then _ replace the castor in such a position that the screws pass through fresh holes. If the heads of the screws have become worn, new screws should be used. ■■
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18160, 27 October 1930, Page 5
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