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Adding the new style of casters to the old style of Alex drawers
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Adding the new style of casters to the old style of Alex drawers

Haven't looked at the bottoms of my Alex drawers in years, but I decided to add casters. Ordered the casters and discovered that there was a design updates somewhere along the line.

My drawers had a single peg to attach casters instead of the four pre-drilled holes that the new style has. I imagine this was updated because a single pressure-fit caster would wiggle loose or tear through the corner of the particle board.

I drilled my own holes and used the Phillips head screws included with the caster kit. Easy peasy, but it did require a drill.

Anyway, here was my process.

u/1acy — 6 days ago