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Subject: 
RE: RCX Tank Base
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:51:21 GMT
Original-From: 
Rob Limbaugh <rlimbaugh@greenfieldgroup.com%Spamless%>
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<SNIP>


I suppose tying individual plates to the tracks would work
OK, but tying
tens or hundreds of tight knots and keeping them small enough
not to foul
the grears would be tricky and tedious.


What I meant with the thread was to use the studs as channels for the thread and
tie them perpendicular to the shape of the conveyor piece, one thread on each
side.

[o|o#o|o]  <--track piece, chain side, | = string, o = holes in conveyor link

[o&o o&o]  <--track piece, conveyor side, & = knot in string, o = studs on 1x4
plate

I wouldn't do all the links if I didn't have to...  Perhaps every 5th link and
then offset if using a multi-track setup, like this:

[o|o o|o][o o o o]    [o|o o|o][o|o o|o]
[o o o o][o o o o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o o o o][o|o o|o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o o o o][o o o o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o|o o|o][o o o o] or [o|o o|o][o|o o|o]
[o o o o][o o o o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o o o o][o|o o|o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o o o o][o o o o]    [o o o o][o o o o]
[o|o o|o][o o o o]    [o|o o|o][o|o o|o]

... or with 1x8's across multiple tracks... whatever suits the need, I'd
suppose.

Personally, I'll probably just buy a bunch of conveyor links and permanantly
glue 1x4 studded plates to the links and use them when I need to and call it a
day.  I might even make some using 1x4 flat plates using glue.

- Rob



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