Optimum Wheels for ball shooter

[Bruceb]

Brandon, what thickness of urethane have you found to work well?
Thanks
Bruce

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

The thing with Colsons at that size is that pocketing them out does become easier, which means you can start to get the weight down.

Didn't even thing about that, Brandon. Have any idea how much weight you could pull out of an 8" Colson? An 8 x 1.5" wheel weighs about 25oz which is a lot of weight if it's up high. Think you could get it down to the sub 1lb range?

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Didn't even thing about that, Brandon. Have any idea how much weight you could pull out of an 8" Colson? An 8 x 1.5" wheel weighs about 25oz which is a lot of weight if it's up high. Think you could get it down to the sub 1lb range?

We used 8"X1" Colsons back in 2006. We didn't take weight out of them back then, but pulling 10 oz. out doesnt seem out of the realm of possibility to me.

It will take time, but with a good plan I think its doable.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Bruceb

Brandon, what thickness of urethane have you found to work well?
Thanks
Bruce

That is going to be something of an experiment for us as well. I think 0.250" would be a good starting point. Maybe more, maybe less depending on application. If this was a caster wheel supporting a lot of weight, you would want a harder rubber and a thinner layer. For a shooter wheel though, I think you will have more leeway.