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  1. #1
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    Default Ball castor stem replacement

    I picked up a old drinks trolley. It was missing 2 of the 3 ball castors. The stem on them is 5mm which i cant seem to find replacements.
    I found in shed similar ones but stem is too thick.
    Does anyone know how to remove the stem so I can machine down the stem to size. Or where I could source new ones from.
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    Possible replacement

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    What equipment do you have?

    Lathe? Mill?

    If not removable, you could potentially use a boring head with the tool facing inwards. Would require some careful work holding and alignment but doable if you can't remove the stem.

    A photo of the underside where the stem inserts would be helpful.

  3. #3
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    Yeh No lathe or mill. Lost those toys when I retired.

    Cut up the spare one and found the stems are only push fit with a small c-clipin a groove holding them in place.

    Might be able to thin them down by holding and spinning in a drill while up against my linisher belt.
    They arent seen so not to critical on the finish.

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    Done. 5 min on linisher then put stem into pedestal drill chuck and finished off with file.
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    Who needs a lathe when you have a Drill Press!!!!!
    Have done that quite a few times at work, to make a special sized pin.
    Kryn
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  6. #6
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    Thanks Kryn and Pippin88
    Fixed for now. Ill try and find some more like the originals but till then it looks the part.
    I found it on verge pickup. Its a Luigi Massoni designed drinks trolley made by Guzzini in 1970's .

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