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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+saynotospam+.com>
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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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