Gahh my comment keeps on getting deleted (maybe because I added links where I wanted to show you the photos of the build). I actually implemented this (female here) and it worked out terrific. Thank you so much! I was sure it was not going to work for me, but it did and I was so proud I got it to work. I'm in Australia and couldn't find those hinges but I found the butt hinges in the hardware store were fine without needing to take out pins. I looked at numerous videos with similar concepts but yours was by far the clearest, affordable and cleverest in my opinion because it was so simple! I really love your channel and your presenting style. You have helped me learn how you need to install wood to concrete/bricks. I really hope your channel takes off because you deserve it to. Thanks again! I've actually got a chronic illness so anything that helps reduce moving tables/lifting manually really helps me.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you so much for your comments and I'm glad the project work out well for you - it's very nice to here others doing the same. Welcome aboard - nice to have viewers from the other side of the world!

@nomuu6770

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProperDIY 🙂😊👌

@John-gm8ty

3 жыл бұрын

@@nomuu6770 Austyle 85 x 60 x 2mm Black Stainless Steel Removable Pin Hinge bunnings $3 just gotta add "+removable" to your browser search. aussies represent.

@nomuu6770

3 жыл бұрын

@@John-gm8ty thanks at the time I just went into bunnings and searched high and low, also due to corona lots of stock isn’t on the shop floor due to shipment issues. I will definitely go online for hinges next time 👍🏼

@tedmaulassociate4063

2 жыл бұрын

@@John-gm8ty Thank you so much for this - I was wondering the same! Off to bunnings I go..

A well explained idea by a level headed and soft-spoken wood worker with a penchant for loud inappropriate music queues...

That’s not Proper DIY... it’s Proper bloody genius! You’ve channelled the expertise of the craftsman of yesteryear with this one.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you very much!

Side ways bus canyon . Not your usual repartee bean . Finally, we got our pullover …

Serious tip from stage carpenter with 20+ years of experience: Get yourself a bit holder with a chuck. Like, really. There's no reason for getting annoyed with bits sticking in the screw and you having to pull the bit out and back in the holder again. These are the only bit holders we use at work, though we do keep a single magnetic only bit holder for when we have to put screws in deep holes. I promise your day will improve with a chuck!

The way it latches and unlatches is so simple its brilliant.

This problem has been bothering me for months, and I hadn't thought of a solution that works well enough. I have also seen LOADS of videos trying to tackle the same problem, and this is by far the simplest and best option. Thanks for sharing.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@lelandwight8362

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, excellent solution!

now that's what i call using your brain to work things out, there is no better Computer on Earth, 10/10 Mate

¡Un aplauso! 👏 Llevo un par de meses buscando una solución como esta y la encontré. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile. Usted es un Maestro de Maestros.

Hello, I'm from Brazil, and I was looking for a solution like this! Congratulations on the video, another subscriber! And I'm sure I'll learn more from your channel!

I had no woodwork at school or anywhere else. But im slowly resurrecting my dads workshop and learning everything I can from KZread. yours is my favourite channel by far. I love how clear, concise and to the point you are and with your engineers background your precision and explanations are inspiring. thanks so much. I cant wait to do this to my dear dads bench that he built so many years ago. I feel sure he would approve. x

Surprisingly simple and easy. I'm glad I found this because I was overthinking a solution for the same problem.

Doesn't get any simpler than that 👍 great idea

Genius idea ! You can take the man out of engineering but you can’t take engineering out of the man 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 100% correct!

@RayMondElec

3 жыл бұрын

If only we had teachers like you in school these days. !!. Or for that matter when I was at school .

I did not think it was going to come out that good. Well done.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is just what I've been looking for thanks for the video. It awesome.

much simpler latching idea! Good one!

For the locking mechanism, I was thinking a vertical board hinged to the "top" board that you press on. It can be flipped into place to wedge against the upper frame.

@SouthMiamiMartialArt

7 ай бұрын

?? Sounds interesting but I'm not "seeing" it. Can you link to a graphic or video?

This is genius. And far more entertaining than a video of an older British gentleman doing woodworking has any right to be.

Great vid. Hated my store bought casters. Replaced with this design. Love the simple functionality. Love yer intros too!

What can say but: PLAUSIBLE, FANTASTIC, GREAT ect.!

What makes this such a valuable piece of information (e.g., tool in my pocket!) is how simple it is once implemented. I am sure it was by no means "obvious" initially. Kudos to Proper DIY for thinking up the concept and explaining it in very easy-to-follow explanation. (That too sounds easy but is much harder than you would think to learn.) Thanks for sharing.

@TheTomdell

4 ай бұрын

Make sure you purchase the “Blickle” version of this recommended caster type. Key is “rolling resistance and compression set” both attributes you depend on with this application. Blickle is far superior than the “Chinese” version.

That's pretty ingenious. Nice one. 👍

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Great idea, very simple but very effective and a very DIY friendly project! Thanks for sharing.

Come on guys, all together, three cheers for Stuart: Rha, ....rha,... rha! Stuart, this is a nice build, everyone with a shop will appreciate it.

Great idea and seems easy to do. My dad when he was with us used to say to me..... "Don't chuck it out son, it'll come in handy even if you never use it"!! 😁 Your metal catch from mfi reminded me of that

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly right - only problem is finding the stuff when you need it!

@somewhereelse3813

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProperDIY can relate to that 😂 keep doin this. I look forwards to it weekly. Thankyou

"MFI" blast from the past had our bathroom from there, makes me think it's time for a new one looking a bit tired now😆

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to have potentially cost you a bathroom!

@patrickkelly7085

2 жыл бұрын

Remember Texas the DIY store well i bought my ceiling rose from there many years ago pastel colours were not popular in the sixties so the one i bought was bright yellow, yes you have guessed it I got my Yellow Rose from Texas.

You just seem like the friendliest man ever.

Very simple solution for a boring problem. I will use your idea.

Another great vid. Seriously mate - this channel is WAY better than the DIY cr@p on the telly!!

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

You are very fast becoming one of my favourite channels, keep it up 👍

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@adamlawonphotography5219

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Brilliant. Simplicity is the best way to go. You could have spent many pounds on gizmos that do the same job as your recycled hinges! Love the attention to detail. Great little project that I'll keep in mind for the future!

Pretty slick. I saved your video for the day when I need to make a similar bench.

This is the type of stuff I l like to see! Simple, smart and effective. No need to overcomplicate a functional build. Well done.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. That's the aim

I can see why your channel has grown at an exponential rate! Keep up the good work 👍

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Great idea! Thanks a lot, that's exactly what I was looking for. Simple, easy to make and functional. Bravo.

I don't know the name of it, but there's a mechanism that can be pushed downward like you have, but when you push it past the horizontal-center, it will lock in place. When you push it back up over the horizontal-center, it unlocks. That removes the need for an additional lock. I'm sure the complexity goes up a bit, but saves having to mess with a lock. Regardless, nicely executed. Thank you for sharing.

I like these videos, they compliment Pouse, ultimate handyman, restoration couple, charlie DIYte, Chris Longhurst, that Geordie from Gosforth what's his face?, plumberparts and Peter Millard.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It is very strange to be included in a list of the people I've been watching for a number of years!

What a clever and simple design. I only found your channel a few days ago but it is already one of my favourites. You explain what you are doing and the thinking behind it so well.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment - much appreciated

What a simple solution, bravo! 👏

Proper. Finally… A Nice Find!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Good!

This has quickly become my fave KZread channel. Love it. Love the vids! A proper inspiration!

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you very much.

Very clever! I like your subject matter, presentation, videoing and editing. You have a really great channel. If only I could be that smart I wouldn’t be living in Australia! 🤣

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you! Someone's got to live there!

@Splits-man

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProperDIY Yep...just us convicts!

There are ready to use casters that lift but they are hideously expensive. Great idea you have here. Great vid.

I built my workbench to be able to hold and engine block and installed 350lb rated wheels with incredible strong locks that make it impossible to move unless I want to move it. It 20 years old and never once have I had a problem with it.

This caster installation video came up at the perfect time! I just finished my workbench a couple days ago.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped

perfect for my workshop! thanks!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Absolutely brilliant, love your attention to detail 👏

Wow GENIUS at work - this is fantastic! Love the recess invention.

Bloody brilliant idea, well explained and demonstrated. I have been looking at doing this to an older type bench for years but never getting around to trying anything. Thanks for posting and as they say, “ Using someone else’s idea is a form of flattery”. All the best.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Learn and get as many tips as poss then modify to suit your situation!

This is absolutely brilliant, and perfect timing for me. I'm currently in the process of re-building my 20 year old solid hardwood work bench and this is a feature that I've always wanted to add. Such a perfectly simple solution. I'll definitely be adding it to my new bench.

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

A good remedy, well filmed and illustrated with concise info. Cheers, Scotty (Norway)

@ProperDIY

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Scotty

I admire your imagination. Retractable castor is a really good idea.

Great video and really useful idea. I reckon you could dispense with the music though. 🙏🏻

@harryinhuahin1272

3 жыл бұрын

Really excellent quality vlog... It always seems to me that if one feels a to add music then there might be something wrong with the video. My own (very old) vlogs are mostly still-montage, with no sound effects... but I tried to get the music to add to the pictures, not just to fill an audio gap. My favourite vlogs allow us to listen to the work being done - planing sounds can be very relaxing. I'll be checking your channel - for more good ideas.

Hi Stuart .... just found you and really excited about your mobile workbench. Now I can’t wait to get my hooligan workbench off the ground so to speak. Such a brilliant idea and so much easier than many others that I have looked at on you tube ... Your straightforward calm and detailed approach is a joy to behold, so many thanks for your time in making and sharing these tutorials, you’re an inspiration

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments and welcome

Simple and elegant. Cant ask for more.

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

MFI !!! Oh god.. I remember that shop. I remember one of the employees telling me it stood for Made For Idiots as a joke.. But I was too young to even comprehend his answer at the time.

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a long time ago!

@retiree1033

3 жыл бұрын

Finally got rid of a piece from MFI that we used as office storage and stationary that we took delivery of a week before they folded. Just replaced it with with a pair of "Billy" bookcases from IKEA. :D

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

@@retiree1033 There's nothing like a Billy bookcase! They must have sold millions of them

Simplicity is King!!

One of the reasons that I like your channel so much is that we seem to have the same thought of how work should be done. As I've tried to teach the people around me, "Work smarter not harder!"

Loved it....but you could do without the music. Tool sounds are better.

To think that I bought a commercial solution for my workbench, when I could have just as easily made one like this! I will definitely do this for my next bench (or perhaps a dolly for my table saw)!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

This is so clever & efficient yet simple that it surpassed 'smart' level and directly landed on 'genius' level.

Love everything about this project, well done.

Love your prototyping approach and as-you-go problem solving. True skill. Thanks for sharing.

Simple ideas are usually the best. Thanks for sharing it. Very grateful.

Wonderfully brilliant! Yours' is the best solution that I have found and I'm going to use your design for my work-tables. Thank you for creating and sharing this.

Well thought out.

Nice ,I am going to use this on my workbench 👍

I built mine today ... and promptly took the workbench on a rolling tour through out of my studio space and around the communal woodshop.

Tres Elegant. Like a thief in the night I shall have it! - you genius!

Great idea. I was skeptical it will work but you proved me wrong great job.

Very nice! Simple but effective!

Thats a brilliant idea I even have the same bench right down to the chippys vice😊

Great idea thanks!... And way cheaper than a forklift 😉👍👍👍

Ok, I've watched well over a dozen videos on DIY retractable casters, this is by far the most simple and easy to make. No need for complicated locking mechanisms, large dowels, curved cuts, or attaching larger levers on the outside. Just some 2x4, hinges and a simple L bracket. Wow

@ProperDIY

3 жыл бұрын

As an engineer it's my job to make things as simple as poss - less to go wrong!

awesome solution! now I have to go out and get a heavy workbench so I can do this to it!! I love it!!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. How about making one?

Absolutely genius idea

Sheer genius once again Stuart 👌

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is true application of KISS theory, Keep it simple S :) Nicely done !

Hey thanks for the great idea- it's a solid and economical solution that now has my bandsaw gliding around the shop.

good work mate - just what I need for my benches.

Yippee, Hooray, Bravo, Stupendous, OMG! Let me be the first to say that you are a genius. I'm 1000% positive that no one will ever produce a video better than this one ever, ever….ever again. I cried with joy throughout most of it, except for a brief moment when my therapist came into the room and starting weeping with me. I know this might sound over the top, but I predict that you Sir will win the Nobel Peace Prize for this incredible feat of unprecedented ingenuity, wisdom and compassion. My life is now complete. I love you.

Nice. For a rougher floor, just start with much bigger diameter casters. Wagon wheels are the size they are because a buggy is driving on rough dirt roads, with only 1 horsepower.

That's such a clever solution to a common problem, thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge.

Best method I've seen yet! (By far! )

Excellent and simple solution to a common problem! Cheers, mate!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very clever build. Thank you.

Not sure why this video showed up, but the algorithm has just created one more project for my list. This is a perfect solution for a stable portable video platform (50cm high) which will double as a trolley for loading in my cameras, stands, lights, etc. to the shows I'm recording. Thanks for the inspiration!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

I do apologise for adding project to your list. I used to be in a band and my equipment that I took everywhere grew and grew so I know how you feel.

Spot on info and demo, I shall use this system as it’s the most simple and easiest to make of all that I have looked at. Thanks.

Simply....Brilliant!

I am pretty much a novice woodworker. I mean, I dabbled in the past, but have set out to be much more serious. After nearly a year of watching KZread videos on workbench construction, and disliking most for the overly quick, not-built-to-last approach to framing the bench out, I finally took the plunge. I used mostly your workbench design, but with my 2x4 rails supporting the worktop vertically rather than laterally, and made these part of the frame. I fixed the top to the supports rails and extra supports with pocket holes.. something else I had been longing to try. Thrilled with that result - a very solid, heavy and going-absolutely-blinkin'-nowhere bench - I moved on, buoyed up with enthusiasm and inspiration drawn from your excellent videos. I incorporated your retractable castors design. The first end went fantastically well, so I used those measurements as a template and put it all together on the other end. AGH! The two cross pieces caught when in the wheels up position, meaning one of the wheels wasn't up. So, just like you said in your video, I pulled the pin (almost didn't use loose pin hinges), took off 3 mil and Bob is my uncle!!! I splurged and bought a cabin hook to hold the mechanism in the wheels-down position, just because the brilliance of the design I felt needed a little more effort and investment on my part to make it look as good as the design is. Fantastically elegant and uncomplicated design - bordering on genius! Your approach in your videos is a bit like Jamie Oliver is to cooking - you really make it feel like anyone can do it whilst doing everything properly, accurately and with good engineering. Thank you for being the final inspiration to starting my journey as a woodworker! My wife already hates you... she sees precious little enough of me as it is, or was... she'll stop recognising me soon!!!

EXCEPTIONAL solution! This is the definition of an elegant design. Simple, few parts, few failure points, intuitive, and does exactly what it was designed for. Bravo!

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I have a workshop that I have to share the space, so my tool's and workbench need to be mobile. I didn't want them to permanently rest on castor's for safety reasons, this is the perfect solution for me and so easy and inexpensive to do. Thank you for the video, so impressed I've subscribed and rung the bell.

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one - thanks

One could use the 'lifting feature' of those to kick a bit of scrap under the appropriate legs to level the bench on an not so level floor ... w/o having to get down on one's knees to adjust those 'adjustable' feet that so many people use. I LIKE IT 🙂

Thanks Stewart. I'm impressed. I think I'll move to England and hang out for a few weeks.

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Oh course no problem

Mate, this is bloody brilliant 👏

Top banana the simplest of ideas can be pure genius. I have some 3 meter fire doors with 4 x 4 frames that I will now be able to move!! Thank you very much.

@ProperDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Good presentation and superb design, simple and easy to use. Thank you for sharing.

Elegant cheap solution. Brilliant! Rummaging thru my Ikea entrails for parts and get this done... Cheers!

Bloody awesome job! Well done sir.