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Originally Posted by artdutra04
If you can, go with a much larger OD and use round hollow tube for the roller material.
1.5" diameter x 0.040" to 0.063" wall thickness aluminum tube works great for polycord rollers.
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Agreed, in the 1.5" range you can find very nice rubber tubing to slide over the Tube to act as grip as well!
Such as McMaster:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#87235K34 (comes in black btw

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We used 1.25 OD X .060 wall. It allowed us to press in a FR8 Bearings. So we drove one roller and made the rest dead/pressed in bearings.
-RC