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Re: caster wheel design
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:59:44 GMT
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Thanks everybody for the answers, but i think i will give up with the
caster... The robot will be very heavy... i think it wont work.. I will go
to a synchro drive aproach...
Thanks.
Patrick
"Patrick Levy" <omiccron@uol.com.br> escreveu na mensagem
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> Hi,
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> I´m tring to build a robot that may use a caster wheel, But i am running
> some serious problemes in it design. If I use an axle or pin for the • caster,
> it will bend. (the robot is quite heavy). So i tried to use a turntable as • a
> caster axle, but for some reason, it also did not work (the caster does • not
> turn somootly.).
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> Does anybody have some tips for good caster design?
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> Thanks
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> Patrick
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>
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| On this topic, I know it's been asked before, but... Is there a formula for the optimal offset of the caster wheel's axle from the pivot point? BTW, the relatively new 3u pin without friction ((URL) plus the freestyle wheels ((URL) or model team (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: caster wheel design
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| Patrick, Somewhere floating around on my computer is a cad drawing with instructions of a synchro drive that I built a couple years ago. If you are interested in them, I could find them and put them on my website for you to look at. Scott (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi, I´m tring to build a robot that may use a caster wheel, But i am running some serious problemes in it design. If I use an axle or pin for the caster, it will bend. (the robot is quite heavy). So i tried to use a turntable as a caster axle, but (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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