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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.
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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.
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Existing casters won't work for my application.
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