Cheap cabinet feet - source help

[Greg Portland]

I have built a few honey-do projects out of melamine and am looking for a quick foot option that does not have an exposed screw and is not a slider. The cabinets are not very large (triangle ~ 32" high with a 22" wide face). I was hoping to find some white hockey-puck type of feet (~2" in diameter, ~1" tall). Here is an example of what I'm looking for (http://www.amazon.com/Penn-Elcom-F1686-Rubber-Cabinet-Foot/dp/B0002ZPNKU/ref=pd_ts_e_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics) except they are the wrong color. These cabinets are not built-in and I don't want toe-kicks (visually). Any suggestions?

[Jim O'Dell]

Try the normal hardware stores (not the Borgs), Rockler and Woodcraft have hardware, might have something like that.
If all else fails, or if you want to get lost looking a million things that have nothing to do with this, go to McMaster-Carr online. That's where I've ordered all of my heavy duty adjustable feet for the shop. Jim.

[Greg Portland]

Thanks Jim, I was not able to find the feet locally at Woodcraft or Rockler. Also, Lee Valley did not have what I was looking for.

Are there other online hardware sources? The feet I linked to are actually used in speaker building. I'll check McMaster...

[Michael Wildt]

You could try this place:

http://parts.digikey.sg/1/3/white-rubber-feet

Michael

[Steve Jenkins]

What about taking a round curtain rod, rout a small round over on the end and slice it off to whatever length you need on the table saw. Not sure what you mean by no exposed screw.

[Peter Quinn]

I have built a few honey-do projects out of melamine and am looking for a quick foot option that does not have an exposed screw and is not a slider. The cabinets are not very large (triangle ~ 32" high with a 22" wide face). I was hoping to find some white hockey-puck type of feet (~2" in diameter, ~1" tall). Here is an example of what I'm looking for (http://www.amazon.com/Penn-Elcom-F1686-Rubber-Cabinet-Foot/dp/B0002ZPNKU/ref=pd_ts_e_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics) except they are the wrong color. These cabinets are not built-in and I don't want toe-kicks (visually). Any suggestions?

Call me crazy. but couldn't you simply buy four hockey pucks and paint them white?

[glenn bradley]

Sounds like you are after small bun feet but I have not seen any that low profile.

http://www.cabinetparts.com/p/grand-river-bun-feet-GRBF42H/

http://www.tablelegs.com/Bun-Feet/BethelBunFeet.aspx

http://cgi.ebay.com/Furniture-Legs-Feet-Chair-Ottoman-Couch-Sofa-4-Bun-Legs_W0QQitemZ110568175334QQcategoryZ4960QQcmdZVie wItem

[Jim Heffner]

Greg, here is an idea you might want to try. Pick up one of those cutting boards ( white UHMW type) from the wally world and cut them out on the drill press with an proper sized hole saw. After they are cut out and removed from the hole saw, countersink the screw hole in the middle and attach them to the bottom of the cabinet....they are already white and don't need painting!

[Dave Gaul]

Greg, here is an idea you might want to try. Pick up one of those cutting boards ( white UHMW type) from the wally world and cut them out on the drill press with an proper sized hole saw. After they are cut out and removed from the hole saw, countersink the screw hole in the middle and attach them to the bottom of the cabinet....they are already white and don't need painting!


Some dollar stores have those UHMW cutting boards too...

[Greg Portland]

Hmm, the cutting board idea would work but they are probably slippery. Another option I'm considering is just cutting a disc out of Melamine, edge band it, and then countersink a small rubber foot into the center of the disc.

My old subwoofer (now sold) had a perfect foot for this application. It was molded plastic and you just needed a 1/2" hole. The 2" wide, 1" high foot had a tip that would friction fit into the hole. Unfortunately I have been unable to find these feet anywhere.