Wheels for Table

[Jim Thompson]

To handle our family of 20 for Thanksgiving I made an extra table from

4'x8'x3/4" oak plywood, and finished the edges with some solid oak trim.

This sits on top of a standard Costco 30"x72" folding table (alignment cleats on the bottom of the plywood to prevent slip-sliding around).

Only trouble is that it is one heavy dude. I have bad knees (from polio as a kid plus some arthritis starting to kick in) and my wife is only 5'1", so it's a pain (literally) to move to and from the garage storage area.

I'm contemplating adding some kind of wheel structure on one edge, either temporary slip-on or fold-away.

I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson

[Joseph Meehan]

I suggest taking a look at the handle type thing made for handling 4x8 plywood/drywall. It just hooks under the long edge of the plywood and has a handle up the side, so you can get a good hold on it.

Other than than I would suggest mounting a couple of wheels on the bottom of a 6 foot 2x4 after cutting out a grove wide enough to slip the edge of the table in.