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We are looking at making some custom rollers this year. I was looking at team 254 intake roller from last years and was wondering what material they used to cover the wheel and how they attached it. Also what they used for the roller itself. Does anyone have any advice on this
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Re: Custom rollers

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Re: Custom rollers

This got my hopes up I was thinking this meant custom mecanum rollers...
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Re: Custom rollers

2̶̶̶5̶̶̶4̶̶̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶33 and a few others, used abrasion-resistant gum rubber tubing. They slid it on using compressed air but you can also use a solvent. The rubber tubing is slid onto a roller made of either aluminum of PVC with bearings or bushings pressed into the ends.

Edit: See Cory's post below.
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If you want a custom roller, try colson wheels. They get fantastic grip on everything.
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Re: Custom rollers

Thanks for the great responses. Does anyone have a video or anything of how to put the abrasion-resistant gum rubber tubing on?

Also how much smaller do you make the tube then the wheel?

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Re: Custom rollers

We love using these: http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-po...tubing/=vf6xg9

It's a great pseudo-plastic rubber that has good grip on just about everything FIRST can throw at you.
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We are looking at making some custom rollers this year. I was looking at team 254 intake roller from last years and was wondering what material they used to cover the wheel and how they attached it. Also what they used for the roller itself. Does anyone have any advice on this
I'm not sure exactly what they used but its some form of hollow rubber tubing from McMaster I believe. We tried a test this year with something similar. McMaster #86805K28.

We pressed the tubing onto 1/2in OD shaft which held nicely.
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Thanks for the great responses. Does anyone have a video or anything of how to put the abrasion-resistant gum rubber tubing on?

Also how much smaller do you make the tube then the wheel?
You could look at videos of people installing golf grips for a comparable analogy. You can use either an air compressor or slide them on with solvent, as mentioned before.
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Re: Custom rollers

We used surgical tubing, not the gum rubber tubing. Went onto a 1" OD .063" wall tube with plugs welded into the end to drive it from.
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We used surgical tubing, not the gum rubber tubing. Went onto a 1" OD .063" wall tube with plugs welded into the end to drive it from.
thanks. I will give that a try. Was there anything special about the surgical tubing?
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Re: Custom rollers

If you want to slide or stretch rubber over a tube, a little warm water with a small amount of hand soap helps it slide on nice and once dry, it will stay put.
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Re: Custom rollers

One thing to note about the surgical tubing we used last year:

We regularly cleaned the rollers (and the rubber shooter flywheel) with a microfiber rag and 70% iso-propyl alcohol in between matches so as to get rid of any dirt or grease that stuck to the roller, improving the grip of the rollers/wheel on the balls significantly.
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