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Adding swivel casters to furniture doesn’t change that pushing on its side isn’t something it’s ever designed for. The furniture or item needs to designed and built from the ground up with side forces in mind. Which they usually never need to be designed for, so it’s a waste of time, engineering and material to do so. Now obviously “movable” furnitures and items should have that as a basic design. Which is why they cost factors more.
You’re still doing damage, even if it’s not visible.
Maybe the reason why cheap stuff gets broken so easy is because people like you tell them they can do it? Instead of explaining why it doesn’t matter how easy you make it, it’s still the wrong way and damaging it.
Never seen flush-mounted swivel-casters I take it? Honestly belive baroque-era fainting couches and furniture-in-general, the stuff with curved legs at every-which-angle wasn't designed for and couldn't take side-loading?
It's really weird how y'all keep talking at me like this stuff isn't solved problems in these days of engineered wood, carbon-fiber, and even just fiber-glass-or-bake-lite with a little pot-metal thrown in. The fact you can handle disposable furniture like a museum piece in order to beg it to last longer like a patched-up blow-up-doll-as-idol doesn't change what it is; Hopefully soon to be a regrettable foot-note in history.
Chuck it in a closet and bring it out for parades if you love it so much, but don't pretend the rest of us "just don't get it", or its better than the drag-queens' paper-mache dildo float. Both have their place of course, but a prime spot in a dining room, kitchen or living-room ain't it.
Okay buddy.
Furniture meant to move is built stronger, some stuff still needs to be moved though, and there’s a right and wrong way to go about it.
Imagine putting words in another person's mouth over using one part versus another that costs about the same. Sure, you and I can pick-up whatever. Can your housekeeper?
When a grandmother breaks her hip because she slid a chair a few inches to clean around it and one of these adjustable feet breaks, unexpectedly tipping the chair, your solution is what? Yell at her for not being more careful?
Funny story, furniture is built and sold for the use of everyone, but some of what's out there isn't even suitable for a doll-house. Just because is not Arsenic Tea doesn't mean it belongs on shelves or needs exempted from minimum standards in the interests of saving a few pennies.