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Originally Posted by TRUMPHENT
I've seen hollow ball bearings somewhere on the inter webs. Would they work with your system?
No, you need a bit of mass to them; however I have heard that hollow balls with high neodymium content may work. The downside is that you may have to adjust either the number of bearings or their diameters in order to achieve the optimum interstitial distances.

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