Casters 101: How They Work

http://thegeekgroup.org/ - We take a quick look at casters, their make-up, and a bit of the physics behind them. Generously donated by Darnell-Rose, the CartMaster casters were instrumental in making the production sets we built mobile. In this video, we explore the basic build of the Darnell-Rose model, which are usually made for airline beverage carts! It made for an interesting study in making one of our projects more mobile. We needed a sturdy setup that could hold several hundred pounds of two-by-fours, drywall, and equipment while being maintenance free, and these are doing awesome! If you have a project that you want to make easily mobile, you may want to check them out!

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