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Welp,
I beleive I will do just that, and hope that
perhaps 10 pounds of moter gears and chains and 40 pounds of battery plus
a reinforces tubular chais frame will make up for the inherant
weakness.......but a picture is worth 1000 words!
Bart (Spagetti Track System) Salmons
Slammer 6
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:07
PM
Subject: RE: Guide Tooth Question
[TANKS]
Bart,
I'd recommend that you wait until you can spin your drive
wheels with your motors and test the current TTS before building another
TTS. Make sure all road-idler-drive wheels are in line, no bending
axles under tension, and of course a decent tension on the
tracks.
Steve
OK
I beleive the problem is the belting that I
used......even witht he tensioners maxed out......it still can twist, So I
guess therein lies the problem. Time to do some sperimentation,
mebbe I can double up the belting next time round, or can someone suggest
alternative belting? At least I can use this set to get the
motors and tranny going!!
Bart (Oh boy I get to build another set of
tracks!)Salmons
Slammer 6
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:38
PM
Subject: Re: Guide Tooth Question
[TANKS]
A used Sears treadmill belt.....yeah its got
a little bit of flex to it......I'm rebuilding the tensioning system today
to be a little more robust....I suspect whenthe rear axle flexed that
cause the idler wheels to come out of line.....hopefully with the new rear
axle I can turn the tesnsion up even more!!!
Bart Salmons
Slammer 6
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:27
PM
Subject: RE: Guide Tooth Question
[TANKS]
Bart,
What kind of belting did you use to make your TTS
with? Is it easy to twist it from side to side (should be rather
stiff)?
Steve
I'm using 1/2 tall teeth right now, anyon
think I might need to Retrofit to 3/4 height to prevent thrown
tracks?
Bart (Pondering the ponderable)
Salmons
Slammer
6
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