Suggestion for a 1/8" spacer (I cut the legs too short ugh)

[Alan Garber]

I am making a small rolling bench for my table saw using scrap pieces of 2x4s.

I managed to miter saw them on the wrong side of my pencil mark and now the legs are 1/8" too short.

I will be screwing casters into the ends.

Any suggestions as to an easy spacer or pad or something I can put between the caster and the legs to make up for my 1/8" miss?


Thanks!
Alan

[Mark e Kessler]

Would the 1/8” spacer be fully supported? If so piece of Masonite or ply, if not then I would cut them shorter and use a piece of 3/4 ply or solid to make up the dif. If you don’t have access to the 1/8” material do the latter

I am making a small rolling bench for my table saw using scrap pieces of 2x4s.

I managed to miter saw them on the wrong side of my pencil mark and now the legs are 1/8" too short.

I will be screwing casters into the ends.

Any suggestions as to an easy spacer or pad or something I can put between the caster and the legs to make up for my 1/8" miss?


Thanks!
Alan

[Edwin Santos]

I am making a small rolling bench for my table saw using scrap pieces of 2x4s.

I managed to miter saw them on the wrong side of my pencil mark and now the legs are 1/8" too short.

I will be screwing casters into the ends.

Any suggestions as to an easy spacer or pad or something I can put between the caster and the legs to make up for my 1/8" miss?


Thanks!
Alan

Uh, 1/8" thick pieces of wood?
A quick way to do this might be to shim with some paint stirring sticks from Home Depot. I believe they are 1/8" thick.

I would re-think screwing casters into the ends of 2x4's. The end grain will eventually crumble and the screws will probably loosen and fall out.

[johnny means]

Washers on top of the casters.

[roger wiegand]

What johnny said.

Side mount casters avoid the problems of going into end grain on soft wood, and also provide the opportunity for adjustment at the end of the project.

[Alan Garber]

Thank you everyone. I have some washers and some paint stirring sticks so that will be $0.
Don't want to buy more material (i.e. side-mount casters) but I like that idea and will use it next bench.

I will try to find a heavy piece of rubber .... that might help the height issue and give some shock absorption so the casters don't pull out easily.

And I had not considered the end grain issue .... I have some dowel so maybe put a few in at right angles to the 2x4 and the casters can screw into those.

Funny ... a slight mistake has caused a lot of thinking!

[Bill Dufour]

Nice brass washers, painted washer, contrasting wood or plastic. You can not hide the difference so do not even try. Make it obvious, it is a "feature".
I would make them from walnut or oak and fume them in a jar until they are black as ebony.
Bil lD