do you think that you could help me out with a roller chain track
too.
Something similar to this I need to know where to get roller
chain? where to get the sprocket? and how do I attach the tracks to the
chains? ----- Original Message -----From: Frank PittelliSent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:15 PMSubject: Re: Drive Sprocket Wheel Help [TANKS]Tyler Berezowsky wrote:
> Hi mmmmm sorry if this is a stuiped queston but how do i mount a drive
> wheel sprocket to an axle, Heris a pic if you dont know what i mean.
Take a look at the front drive wheel in the following photo:
http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T001/19AfterFirstBattle-large.jpg
and you'll see a basic "flange" that connects a wheel to an axle at a
right angle. This homemade flange was built by brazing a 1/2" nut to a
1/2" fender washer, drilling three holes through the washer and two
holes through the nut. Three screws/bolts hold the washer on the drive
wheel and a pin holds the nut on the axle. You can purchase flanges of
virtually any size from places like McMaster Carr, but that takes the
fun out of brazing or welding something :-) My approach assumes that
you are turning the axle.
The photo you included was of the Cromwell's drive wheel, which uses a
different approach ... the axle is stationary and the wheel rotates
around the axle.
http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T040/11Cromwell018-large.jpg
In that approach, the drive sprocket is mounted on the inside of the
drive wheel with three 1/4" bolts and there are two bearings inside the
drive wheels, allowing it and the attached sprocket to rotate around the
shaft.
Hope that helps.
Frank P.
