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| (...) Sure, you can make a caster with the pulley wheel and thin tire though I think it is a little less elegant. For one thing, since the pulley wheel is only 1/2 unit wide, it will slop around unless you use a longer axle and bushings on the ends (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) A better idea yet is to use the pulley wheel without a tire. There is no need for traction in the caster. A hard plastic wheel allows the caster to act like a skid sometimes and minimizes the caster steer experienced when straightening out (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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