T-Box Legs: Castor Pad Work

Now that the castor pads have been glued on, the need to be reinforced in order to withstand the stress they will experience. The first reinforcement is to add a number of dowels, which greatly increases resistance to shear (sideways) forces.

Dowels glued in place.

The second method of reinforcement is steel plates positioned between the castor and the castor pad. This prevents the wood in the pad from getting damaged if the castor is to hit something while the T-Box is getting moved. (A stress-spreader)

Initial cuts on the steel plates are complete - 8 total.

Now the steel is complete, time to flip the leg structure over, and add some further reinforcements to the castor pads - to resist bending forces.

Before the reinforcements have been installed.

With these reinforcements... will be very difficult to break this castor pad off.

The T-Box leg structure is almost complete... just needs final work on the steel, final fitting of the castors, and finish on main leg structure. Next post will cover the final fitting of the castors, and the application of finish.