Wheels for chairs (wooden, dining room chairs)

Will people be sitting in these chairs? Will they be actively moving about on them? Typical office chairs with wheels have a larger base diameter than dining chairs to help prevent them tipping out from underneath one when sitting and moving; a little care should be exercised with wheeled dining chairs (that were not originally designed to be wheeled).Putting a stem-style caster in the leg will necessarily weaken the leg (due to the required drilling); if the hole is a significant portion of the leg 's cross-section, this could be a significant weakening of it. A swiveling stem caster will also be applying a torque or offset force to the stem since the wheel is off-center, as it must be to swivel properly. This, in turn, applies a bending force to the weakened part of the leg , and could well lead to it splitting or breaking, depending on the leg design and construction. Thin legs, like Louis XV styles, will of course be the most affected. Surrounding the end of the leg with some sort of a sleeve or ferrule would help strengthen it somewhat. Using a caster design that doesn't require removing support material would also be a big help, such as a cup mount caster Another potential option is to use a ball transfer as a caster . That avoids the bending forces on the legs, and potentially might be able to be inset partway into the leg and so have a low profile . They probably would not roll very well over shag carpet (but, then again, neither would most small casters). I'd probably look into these if I were in your situation...or sliders as Ron mentions.

Turn your eating space into something a little more fun by adding dining chairs with casters. These rolling dinette chairs will have you spinning and gliding across the floor between bites.