{"id":1606,"date":"2020-05-03T12:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.easterdown.co.uk\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2020-05-03T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:55:28","slug":"turtles-all-the-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.easterdown.co.uk\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"Turtles all the way down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We LOVE our fantastical contraptions. But they need to move easily and our double-sided bookcases could not be rotated or moved by me without help. Solution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Replace the castors with “Turtles” aka Scene Shifters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our belief in what should underpin all knowledge has changed – it’s turtles all the way down!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mike hates when I decide something doesn’t work and needs to be done again. It isn’t so bad when it means I do the heavy lifting (see 50 shades of Green<\/a>). But this time it was down to him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike does it again (and again)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To be recycled into more moveable furniture<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

He is pretty delighted with the result – I no longer need to ask him to move the bookcases every time I want a book from the back layer. The turtles, unlike the castors, have an additional turning radius and this video shows they do the trick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n