Furniture pads/gliders

Some simple pads or “gliders” for mounting under the legs of chairs and other kinds of furniture. 

Once installed, these pads/gliders:

• make moving chairs, tables and sofas a breeze,

• protect sensitive floors from scratches by your furniture,

• and protect the furniture from damage by rough stone floors and tiles.

The “glider” effect is phenomenal; it makes cleaning under furniture a breeze since even a huge sofa can be moved easily.

In addition, these hard plastic pads are much more durable than conventional “felt type” pads.

The damage visible here occurred before we installed the gliders.

Files

The files are in different sizes and for different applications: 

• a 50x50 mm square pad (e.g. for tables and cupboards).

• a 75x75 angular piece (e.g. for sofas and cupboards)

• a 150x150 large angular piece (e.g. for a bed)

One of the 50x50 mm pads after several months of intense use. Note the hotglue ;-)

The 50x50 mm pad has a screw hole but we never needed to use screws.

The big, angular version, printed from transparent PETG and installed under a bed. The part is practically invisible.

Printing

Print with standard settings, 15…30% infill. Layer height does not matter since the parts are “invisible” anyway, so we recommend 0.3 mm for speed. 

We are using these gliders in PLA et PETG for quite a while now and found that while both materials work equally well for gliding, PETG lives much longer. A few of the PLA gliders shown here were worn out after ~3 years,  while the PETG seems to resist much better 😋

Installation

1. Clean the “contact side” of the furniture legs.

2. Put the sliders in position, ready to install. 

3. Note: Beveled side towards the floor!

4. Use hotmelt glue to attach the sliders to the furniture.

5. Enjoy! 😃