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Kustom ball casters [message #4238] Fri, 21 May 2004 00:48 KustomAddict Messages: 14 Registered: March 2004 Junior Member Does anyone know where I can get some swivel ball casters for my Kustom cabinet for cheap? Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4240 is a reply to message #4238] Fri, 21 May 2004 08:55 C4ster Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee... Senior Member Grainger sells a superball caster. It is identical to the kustom casters. The number is 5X758 and the price is $5.27 each. The mounting plate may be slightly different but you can work around that. There are Grainger outlets in most major cities or you can order from WWW.GRAINGER.COM Conrad Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4246 is a reply to message #4240] Fri, 21 May 2004 23:54 rodak Messages: 511 Registered: October 2001 Location: Georgia Senior Member I signed up for an account at Grainger, and tried to order some of these casters. I got an email from them saying that they were unable to confirm that I was an actual business, then asked for some business ID info to confirm that. Instead, I found one of their locations that's not too far from me. I'll call them Monday and see if they have the casters, and how much they'll be. Just thought ya'll would like to know. www.combo-organ.com www.combo-organ.com Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4249 is a reply to message #4246] Sat, 22 May 2004 09:45 C4ster Messages: 686 Registered: June 2001 Location: Mukwonago, WI (Milwaukee... Senior Member Sorry, I forgot that I buy using my compnay's account. I pay cash but they require an account as they are a wholesale house. Conrad Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4356 is a reply to message #4246] Mon, 14 June 2004 22:30 KustomBlues Messages: 490 Registered: June 2001 Location: Michigan Senior Member Yup, you have to have a business account with them. I have one set up with them so I can get them shipped right to my house. Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4419 is a reply to message #4356] Mon, 05 July 2004 11:44 rodak Messages: 511 Registered: October 2001 Location: Georgia Senior Member I was at Lowes a few days after this discussion, and decided to check their casters, just in case. I wound up buying four ball casters, virtually identical to the Kustoms, for a whopping $7 (for all four)! Only thing is, they're brass, not chrome - not that they were out of stock, though - they only carry brass. Brought them home and put them on the Kombo organ, which, being Gold, looks just fine with them. They're not as heavy-duty as the originals, but since they're rated for 100lbs each, and the organ only weighs 200, I think I'm ok (seems to be holding up fine so far, and rolls nicely). Here's a picture: http://www.combo-organ.com/Kustom/KomboFeet.jpg And, unlike the Grainger casters (or so I'm told), the mounting holes line up exactly! There was one small problem, though -the plates are thinner than the originals, so when the bolts came through, they would have scraped on the ball hoods. But I managed to work around that by reversing them so the screw head was on the ball side, and the nut on the cabinet side. I had to excavate a bit on the bottom of the cab to make room for the bolts, but it wasn't too bad. I don't know if the amps use the same mounting method as the organ (casters mount to a rectangular steel plate on the bottom), so that last step may or may not be necessary. www.combo-organ.com Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4420 is a reply to message #4419] Mon, 05 July 2004 19:17 KustomBlues Messages: 490 Registered: June 2001 Location: Michigan Senior Member The grainger casters line up just fine. Some people just don't understand how they are mounted, and they try to flip the screws upside down and stuff.... Grainger casters are rated at 75 lbs. each and so were the originals. Report message to a moderator

Re: Kustom ball casters [message #4428 is a reply to message #4419] Wed, 07 July 2004 00:03 Van Messages: 134 Registered: April 2004 Senior Member You have a gold one? Cool! Never seen a gold one before. Those puppies sure are heavy, eh? If I had a dollar for every time I had to load and unload that monster!!! Fit (almost) in the trunk of my '63 Plymouth. Here's an old pic of me and mine. Report message to a moderator

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