Ball Bearing Glide Feet

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After using an Osmio Zero water filter for a while - which sits on the countertop, but has to be constantly moved and turned around so that I can remove the water tank and refill it - I tried fitting felt pads to the 6 feet on the thing... and these didn't stick well, fell off and generally ended up sticking to the countertop better than the stuck to the feet of the product. So - having a bag full of 3/8" / 9.5mm steel ball bearings hanging around, I decided to design and print some additional feet - that would accommodate a 15-18mm-ish rubber foot on one side (the bottom in the case of how the design is printed), and 3 x 9.5mm steel bearings on the other side (or the top, as the design is printed). The 3 x bearings would give it some stability - though the bearings are completely free floating and will just fall out if you allow them to;, usually (in use) they have something pushing down on them to stop this. I printed these, and installed the 18 (3 in each of 6 feet) bearings - and then just slide them carefully under each of the 6 product feet.... and the end result is a machine that glides over the countertop whenever I want or need it to.... as if it were on bearings! Hopefully it'll help not just other Osmio Zero owners, but anyone else who has something with rubber feet that they would like to move around on a hard surface easily.