wheeled Eiffel table: where to get low profile wheels?

[William Earnest]

Greetings. I'm going to build a wheeled Eiffel table.
Here's a generic version:
http://www.homeofficefurniturecollection.com/IVG2/N/ProductID-136921.htm

I'd like to minimize overall height, and am interested in finding wheels with the lowest possible profile. The table will be rolling over wood floors for the most part, so their diameter can be relatively small. Does anyone know of a good supplier? Thanks.

[Lee Schierer]

Depending upon how high you make the base you can mount almost any swivel caster under the skirt of the base so it stays hidden. With about a 3" tall base, your base can stay within 1/4" of the floor and the casters can be 2" diameter which will roll easier.

[William Earnest]

Ah, you're suggesting that I make more or less a regular base that would hide the wheels. I'll consider that. Thanks.

Is there an online vendor that people here prefer for wheels?

[Lee Schierer]

I use Wood Worker Supply or Rocklers for most of my hardware needs. Be sure to buy through SMC if you can when you shop as it helps support the site. Shopping (http://sawmillcreek.org/amazon.php)

[William Earnest]

Will do, thanks.

I have one more idea, if you don't mind.

It would be cool if I could take advantage of the weight of the books to serve as a counterweight for a laptop table, one that would slide over my lap, and then slide back to make it a regular table. The top of the table would be like a two-layer sandwich, with the top part sliding out to one side. So the slide sections would be routed in the top of the bottom of the sandwich and the bottom of the top, with some way of locking it in the nonextended position and some way of preventing the top from separating from the bottom.

Is there a term for that sort of sliding mechanism that I could search on? Would 2 center mount slides do the trick? http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1493

[Lee Schierer]

That should work if the weight of your laptop plus your hand weight working on it doesn't exceed the load limit for the slide. A couple of rare earth magnets should "lock" the sliding table in place in the closed position. One in the sliding shelf and one in the supporting structure.