"Retractable casters" - liftable swivel wheels/furniture wheels?

[gaffa]

Ok, straight to the point: I'm in the process of making a couple of workbenches for the garage that I plan to make movable so I can get the car in without any problems, etc. I initially thought of wheels with a "foot brake" so the benches would stay put while working on them, but then I came across this, wheels that can be lifted with a foot so that the bench stands on the frame instead. This seems like the way to go, but I've only found some on Amazon, nothing on eBay, and in Swedish, I don't know what search term to use... They can be ordered from the USA, but the shipping ends up being about as much as the product price, and you often end up with customs too. Does anyone know what these might be called in Swedish or where to get them?

 

[Björn Melander]

These from Axminster (England) I have on the assembly table as well as some machines. Works well if you have a reasonably even floor.

 

[Svante Svenson]

Rutlands also has:
https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+works...orkshop-machine-castors-set-of-4-dakota+dkmmc

However, I'm thinking that I want it for too many things for it to be reasonable, and instead thought of putting wheels on a plate with a lifting mechanism on top, with horizontal planks attached with hinges when in its low position, and then you can tilt them up so the planks are in their lifting position. Like a mini hand truck, see picture. Maybe it's a terrible idea and better to buy these wheels and attach them to a plate... I just hesitate to have to buy a bunch of sets of wheels. Indeed.

 

[Bassrunner]

This guy has come up with his own solution!

 

[engs]

Rutlands also has:
[link]

I, however, think that I want it for too many things for it to be reasonable, and I thought instead of putting wheels on a plate and a lifting mechanism on top, with horizontal planks fixed with hinges in the low position, and then you can tilt them up so that the planks stand in their elevated position. Like a mini hand truck, see picture. Maybe it's a really bad idea and it would be better to buy these wheels and attach them to a plate... I just don't want to buy a lot of sets of wheels. Yeah.
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Matthias Wandel has a similar solution but with loose levers.
Edit: It seems you can't link directly to a time in the video, so skip to around 6m 40s.

 

[Svante Svenson]

Matthias Wandel has a similar solution but with loose levers.
Edit: It seems you can't link directly to a time in the video, so skip to around 6m 40s.
[media]

I think I've seen it sometime, but thought it seemed a bit wobbly if they aren't locked somehow. Maybe I should try that first and see if it's true or not.

 

[gaffa]

Marino's model was exceptionally smart.... I think I'll go with axminster's wheels this time, but on the next bench, maybe I should try that model!

 

[Metamatik]

Good threads need to be revived.

Check this one out. Absolutely superb and works excellently with heavy benches. Easy to assemble. Built these for a CNC bench that is heavy and requires stability but sometimes needs to be moved.