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| | | The answer to good casters seems to revolve (excuse the pun) around the caster radius. Using a narrow wheel (to limit turning friction) helps. The real key is the distance from the wheel's axle to the caster's axis of rotation. The bigger the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Lego Breaks —Steve Baker
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| | | | | (...) Hmmm - so could you mount TWO wheels on the caster - one with a relatively wide tyre mounted a large distance from the vertical caster axle - and another (close to the center of the caster axle) with a thin tyre? The thin wheel would bear the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Lego Breaks —John Barnes
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| | | | >Hmmm - so could you mount TWO wheels on the caster - one with a relatively >wide tyre mounted a large distance from the vertical caster axle - and another >(close to the center of the caster axle) with a thin tyre? >The thin wheel would bear the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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