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Paul,
I can't think of any specific use
for this stuff, it is a quite all round material. The same material is used for
plastic drinking water tubing. My cleats are made of 5 mm thick material.
Marc
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 3:40
PM
Subject: Re: Update website
Marc
Do you know what is used for in the real world ,
and how thick is the stuff you used ?
Paul
At 14:03 02/10/2004,
you wrote:
Paul,
There is significant less tension needed now. Judging by the travel
of the idler shaft when tensioning I now use 2/3 of the tension needed
before the modification.
In my opinion you can use any kind of plastic
you like, I had some PE lying around so I used this. Just look for a shop
that supplies plastic sheet material and you'll be able to cut the cleats to
size using a table saw. Some shops over here do cut for customers for a
small fee.
Marc
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: paul
needham
- To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
- Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:40 PM
- Subject: Re: Update website
- Marc
- Will it run with less tension ? do you think.
- Where could I buy the polyethene ? I am in the UK.
- regards paul
- At 12:15 02/10/2004, you wrote:
- Steve wrote:
- >
You've built the
first cog driven TTS! Did you use Delrin for the cleats
also?
- The cleats are made of PE
(polyethene or -ethylene, don't know the exact translation).
- It is the same plastic as used for the inner treads, in fact, I made
them out of some spare inner treads I had lying around. They were cut to
the right size using the table saw.
- Good engineers prefer to use two different materials for cog drive
systems. They tend to choose softer material for the part that is easy
and cheap to repair when worn (so this material is kind of 'sacrificed')
and the more durable material for the other drive component.
- I just couln't make a choice, so chose to be able to change the
cleats on the wheel and the track treads
when they are all worn. Been thinking of steel
cleats, but these would damage the tracks too much and wooden cleats,
for instance, would be worn out too soon. Then I would need a cleat
supply vehicle in battle.
- Kurt wrote:
- >
Was there pics of
the cleated drive wheel ??? If so then I guess my old eyes missed
them..
- There are, surf to www.commandojurre.nl, click
'Update speelgoedtank' in the left border and you will be directed to
the update page.
- Marc
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