| From: | "Gene Burbeck" <gburb-at-advantagecs.com> |
| Subject: | RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS] |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:17:35 -0500 |
| Reply-To: | tanks-at-rctankcombat.com |
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12/19/06 I worked on tracks today, got most of the cleats cut out. The conveyor belt material looks really good. The one potential weak point I can imagine is the hammer-in aligator belt lacing. I'm a little concerned it will tear out, so I'm considering overlapping the ends of the belt under one of the cleats, and glueing them together in addition to the 3 bolts through the belt ends.
12/21/06 The tracks are coming together surprisingly quickly. By making jigs for the drill press and the chop saw, I have been able to really speed things along and make my work more accurate. Each (of about 150) cleat needs 3 holes drilled in it and each 6" wide belt needs about 40 sets of three holes drilled. The 1/4"-20 screws look a little wimpy, so I think I'll send those back and get 5/16"-18 hardware.
Gene |