Piano Leg Restoration

Look at this caster--this is wrong on so many levels. First, look at it bend--physics is winning the battle against this caster, and the only thing holding the caster and ferrule on to the leg are four very overworked screws. Next, look at the color of the lower part--the ferulle is brass, and polishes nicely, but the arm on the caster is steel with brass paint. These were totally homemade by some amateur in a machine shop.

Here you can see the caster assembly. The assembley is very heavy and the ferrule (which I want to use) is welded to the caster. I had to cut the ferrule away with an angle grinder.




Here is the ferrule detached from the caster, and the new caster that will go into the leg. The bummer of this job is that it's noisy, messy, and I have to do it two more times for the two other legs.