Re: Bench testing cast track links [TANKS]

["Marc en Wendy" <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl>]

Chris,

 

Interesting design! Can you include the attachment chain in the sketch since it's not clear to me how the links will be connected to it.

 

If I understand correctly the dark grey and brass part is the surface contact area. My experience with using sharp angles (like the square tubing has) is that they dig into the sand or whatever terrain you're driving making it very hard to perform a neutral turn.

 

What are the 3 small slots in the top of the piece?

 

Marc M.

The Netherlands

mark, he is how I have worked out the problem of hard surface wear and tare

 

Now this isn't the finished tread as the green part should be removed (from both sides), but the yellow part is to be brass square tubing. It can be casted in 2 ways. The first will be where the brass is attached to the tread using contact cement on both surfaces or where I can cast the link with the brass in it. These links will be getting attached to attachment chain with 2 small bolts. I was hoping to have had some of the links cast up before Christmas but that doesn't look very promising at this point.

 

oh and if your wondering what the dark gray part is at the bottom, it's that "W" looking webbing that you see on most German track links.