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Originally posted by JosephM
My idea for a new caster would be to have the wheel attached to a stationary disk in a chamber. The disk will glide over small ball berrings. That would be my idea, but there are problems and such with that.
I'd like to avoid building my own bearings at all costs.

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177 used "mouseball" casters last year.... i think they are available through small parts. They are MUCH lighter and smaller.... They act pretty mcuh like a mouseball, there is a small metal ball in the middle of an aluminum casing - the small ones probably weigh a quarter of a pound.
Existing casters won't work for my application.
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