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Re: Star intake rollers
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Originally Posted by marccenter View Post
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Our team had special intake rollers that we used this year. Mike made them for us and they worked great!!
Can you provide some info on your rollers? Were they some kind of metal star with attached stars or something similiar to the AM design which seem to be made of a thin silicon composite? Can you provide a picture on your robot?
I can't speak for 1983, of course, but since our pit was right next to theirs at champs, I got plenty familiar with the stars. They're more or less similar to the AndyMark stars, except they have a .5" hex hole in the center, to go on the hex roller shaft. Apparently it's much easier to water jet a hex hole than it is to broach one in silicone rubber.