retractable wheels

[Bill Gebhardt]

Looking for retractable wheels/casters that I can hide inside the base of a podium. Once a week this podium is moved from closet to meeting room and back. The other option is a skirt around the base that when lowered would raise the podium and hide the wheels/casters. Both require some leverage mechanism. Either way, the goal is to prevent the podium from moving when a speaker leans on it.
Bill

[Michelle Rich]

check out rockler..they have step on casters for workbenches that might work inside your base if it is open on the back side.

[Tom Trees]

Can you describe the size of the thing Bill.
It sounds like a small thing, could this work if it is
If you don't like metal, then have a look at Carl Holmgren's youtube channel, he has made quite a few.

Here's one I made for a light saw, basically the same design as the record power bs250 or the IwoodLIKE bandsaw or planer.

Tom

[Sam Force]

I second Carl Holmgren, excellent ideas for hidden casters

[Jamie Buxton]

I've been around a commercial podium which is easily moved. It has wheels hanging off the rear of the base. The wheels do not touch the floor when the podium is being used. To move, the podium gets tilted back so the wheels touch the floor, and the thing can be wheeled around like a wheelbarrow. The wheels are behind the base, so they're invisible to the audience. So there's no moving parts. And anybody can move the podium, not just people who have been given instructions.

[Bill Gebhardt]

Thank you for Carl Holmgren reference. His system for the Mechanic's cabinet is just what I'm looking for.
Bill

[Richard Coers]

No heavier than a podium is, I'd build in two wheels and maybe some drop down handles on the inside and pull it around like a two wheel dolly.

[Tom Bender]

What Jamie said. Anything else makes little sense by comparison.