Casters 101: How They Work
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- 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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i love the absurdly good production quality for a video about caster wheels. thank you for being the only video on the internet that actually explains how they work:D
I was about towrite exact same thing...So very True that it is the only video which explains and that too with so much details. Effort put in the animation to explain how it works are commendable..Kudos to video production house ! Great Work
@jujujulian I was about towrite exact same thing...So very True that it is the only video which explains and that too with so much details. Effort put in the animation to explain how it works are commendable..Kudos to video production house ! Great Work
I like the breakdown, I love to see the intricacies and I’m researching how to replace the rollers on my 150 pound old wrought iron birdcage and after watching your video, I’m contacting Darnell Rose, I bet I’ll find what I need. Great video
The term you are looking for is "offset", and "squirrely" describes the unstable turning movement of the front bike wheel when there's not enough rake or offset.
Nice Job, Chris! Your voice commentary was well timed to match the computer animation of the casters - I was amazed at the number of piece-parts that went into that well-built caster. Also of value was the on-screen listing of some of the forces and torques observed inside the unit.
I wish I had his talent! Excellent presentation!
Wish I would have seen this years ago. Six years ago I added two hidden rooms to my office behind bookshelves on casters. The casters have had problems that you address. It's easy to take them for granted when they are so important.
The automatic closed captioning for this video is amazingly accurate. Chris, you must have a voice that Google used to train its speech to text system. Very impressive.
currently, i'm required to research about caster wheels for work. i found this video very informative, thank you chris for explaining it in layman's term!
Very interesting and educational video answering lots of questions. appreciate the explanation of the physics of casters--science in daily life..
The animations are really good. They fit really well with Chris his explanation. I've followed the progress on this over at ThoseAVGeeks and on the supersecret captains channel (I think?) and it was fun seeing the whole video develop. I'm sure Darnell Rose will appreciate this video as well.
Gahhh. You picked up the caster wheel I need to learn about at 1:45 and tossed it aside at 1:55. I just need to know how these things are secured in office chairs, because I have 5 that are falling out.
Man the graphics keep getting better and better! You better watch out, next thing you know, gibroni gets an offer for a 6 figure salary at some fancy studio!
Can't wait for more episodes!
Wow! You people rock!!! Thanks a bunch for the video.
I will like to see a video on how you make videos! It would tell us so much about how you do things behind the scenes
Really good and informative to me :-)
Thanks I just listened to a car engineering guy talk about suspension caster... So I was very confused by thenthumbnail..
I got confused that the meaning (the wheel) as I understood it,/until twenty minutes ago WAS the caster-wheel.
I mean I knew caster wheels were good... But theyre really interesting...
yet I still don't know what caster is in suspension.
You guys Rock!
Because: nitpick, are you sure the bells on the sides of the wheels are not "THREADguards", because that makes more sense.... and I looked it up in their brochure.
Which software did you use analysing this product? its pretty cool.
Awesome CAD! Did you guys do it yourself?
It creeps me out that their 'autopsy' table.. is a real autopsy table lol
Also, the animation is done well!
So..... Do castors all spin the same in terms of speed? Like will one castor spin more freely than another or not? Not talking about the wheel either, im talking about the top part you attatch to what ever it is you're trying to give mobility... Anyone? 😵
So basically, if i have a caster rated for arguments sake at 500kg. And i secure the fork part of the caster in a table vice, leaving the top four hold plate exposed. And i have a rectangular 30inch length x 2inches wider plate than the castor plate, that's 3/4/5mm thick. And i bolt my one end of my plate to the castor and have anywhere up to 500kgs on the other end that's 30inches from the castor. The castor and bearings can take that and turn no problem what so ever?
I'm thinking about casters now. Why did I watch this and was it relevant information for me? I have no idea but the video was cool as heck. I never thought I would geek out on casters. Storing this in the memory bank of my mind for future reference. Just in case. Excellent animations by the way.
Hey, Any chance you guys still have this drawing handy? Solidworks hopefully, AutoCAD works as well.
thank-you! i almost bought the cheap ones
cool
Hamilton makes a 50 ton caster, The Colossus.
Where is the rest?
That's ok, your name makes me giggle.
"Spellcaster"
At the end of the video, I got it.
Yorick needs radio controlled eyes.
How many casters do I need to lift my house and move it around where ever I want?
I must say, A++++++ presentation of the topic here! And that castor system seems to be really well designed too. It all makes one appreciate good design versus the cheapest buy price. Love your work.
The meter behind your head looks like the one I donated to you. If your interested in the original batteries ( dead ) I can bring them sometime. The D-Cell ( Solder-On connections ) has "10 cents" Printed on it :)
wish i was a part of this group and get to do cool experiments
I found very clear plans for something like that I found on Stodoys website.