Casters with or without thread guards

[Andre Majorel]

Do you find thread guards on casters useful ? It would be for a
19" cabinet in a studio with the usual heap of cables hanging
out the back. Thanks !

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[Richard Crowley]

Andre Majorel wrote:
> Do you find thread guards on casters useful ? It would be for a
> 19" cabinet in a studio with the usual heap of cables hanging
> out the back. Thanks !

Casters with cable fenders are used on TV camera pedestals and
tripods for studios. They look like this....
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images345x345/459096.jpg
These are only practical because camera cables tend to be rather
large (at least 1/2inch diameter) and relatively stiffer and heavier
compared to audio cables.

I would NOT expect this kind of thing to be very effective for the
typical snakepit of audio cables found behind a 19" equipment rack.
I would think it far more practical to do more conventional cable-
management techniques such as bundling cables together in a big
tube, hose, or even bound together with rope (so it can be easily
opened to add or remove individual cables)

[Mike Rivers]

Richard Crowley wrote:

> Casters with cable fenders are used on TV camera pedestals and
> tripods for studios.

Oh! Is THAT what those fenders over the casters are for? I always
thought it was to keep the cameraman's beard from getting caught
under the wheels.

[Andre Majorel]

On 2009-10-16, Richard Crowley > wrote:
> Andre Majorel wrote:
>> Do you find thread guards on casters useful ? It would be for a
>> 19" cabinet in a studio with the usual heap of cables hanging
>> out the back. Thanks !
>
> Casters with cable fenders are used on TV camera pedestals and
> tripods for studios. They look like this....
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images345x345/459096.jpg
> These are only practical because camera cables tend to be rather
> large (at least 1/2inch diameter) and relatively stiffer and heavier
> compared to audio cables.

Thanks. In case it's not clear, this is what I'm talking about :

http://pdf.directindustry.fr/pdf/hervieu/hervieu-c30-roues-et-roulettes/7748-32626-_79.html

(Top photo without thread guards, bottom photo with.)

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André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
"Marque nouvelle. Dans le stock. Les navires de FL, les
Etats-Unis. Service de client exceptionnel garanti."

[Mike Rivers]

Andre Majorel wrote:

> (Top photo without thread guards, bottom photo with.)

Are you talking about the metal disks that look a little like
hubcaps on a car wheel? Is that what a thread guard is?
Are they supposed to keep carpet threads from getting
caught in the bearings? I don't really have any idea, and
can't say that I've noticed casters like that.

I think that what Richard was talking about is like a housing
that covers the top half of the wheel.

[Richard Crowley]

Andre Majorel wrote:
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> Andre Majorel wrote:
>>> Do you find thread guards on casters useful ? It would be for a
>>> 19" cabinet in a studio with the usual heap of cables hanging
>>> out the back. Thanks !
>>
>> Casters with cable fenders are used on TV camera pedestals and
>> tripods for studios. They look like this....
>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images345x345/459096.jpg
>> These are only practical because camera cables tend to be rather
>> large (at least 1/2inch diameter) and relatively stiffer and heavier
>> compared to audio cables.
>
> Thanks. In case it's not clear, this is what I'm talking about :
>
> http://pdf.directindustry.fr/pdf/hervieu/hervieu-c30-roues-et-roulettes/7748-32626-_79.html
>
> (Top photo without thread guards, bottom photo with.)

I have never heard of the term "thread guard". The photos at
the bottom have a metal disc on the side. I don't know what
the intended value of that would be, but I can not see that it
would make any difference for a cable rack. Not worth paying
any extra money for, IMHO.

Be sure to select wheels that will take the weight of the rack
plus the equipment, cables, etc. The ones in the picture look
rather lightweight.

[Andre Majorel]

On 2009-10-17, Mike Rivers > wrote:
> Andre Majorel wrote:
>
>> (Top photo without thread guards, bottom photo with.)
>
> Are you talking about the metal disks that look a little like
> hubcaps on a car wheel? Is that what a thread guard is?

Correct.

> Are they supposed to keep carpet threads from getting
> caught in the bearings?

Probably not carpet threads, rather random bits of string and
wire. I think I've seen audio cable get caught in a caster
without thread guards once or twice (that was a while ago).
Whether thread guards would have made any difference, I can't
say.

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André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
"Marque nouvelle. Dans le stock. Les navires de FL, les
Etats-Unis. Service de client exceptionnel garanti."