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Originally Posted by lynca
I spy a black pool noodle under the black drawer liner from Walmart !
Do you also use 3/4" pvc ?
I'm glad to see other team's using a similar technique. We thought we were going out on a limb with that roller design.
Our color scheme makes it easier to see the differences in the layers of the rollers.
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The roller you are seening is only used to gather the orbit balls, however it's not quite finished(notice the zip-ties). The rest of the system includes a conveyor and shooter type mechanism. We found that a continous roller system was not as fast as a conveyor system; the continous rollers really are just immitating a belt system in a more complicated manner.
No, we did noy use any pvc in our design. Underneath the shelve liner is a secret
, but there is an aluminum axel somewhere underneath it. It's not a pool noodle either
. We have more pictures, but we decided to wait until the weekend is over to finish installing other minor components.