Wheels for drill-gearboxes?

[mrsam]

Having not used Banebots before i couldn't rell you for certain but i don't see why they wouldn't

[Porker]

OK, thanks.

[RogueTwoRobots]

I think Jamie was going to give this a go but is yet to have time to try it?

Yeah, it's been on my to-do list for a while. Finally got round to ordering some 3/4" hex Banebots wheels though so I did a quick video on how well they go together. For reference, the nuts are these ones (pack of eight): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1506654153...84.m1497.l2649

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLGZ-up22tU

[RogueTwoRobots]

It now seems Technobots are finishing up with their supply of Banebots wheels. They mentioned that they were thinking about it due to issues with getting them from Banebots when I contacted them about wheel stocks a few weeks ago. So you'll shortly need to get them straight from Banebots if you want to use the above wheel mount method, although there are still a few wheels of various sizes left on Techobots for now.

Could be interesting to see what will crop up wheel-wise now, since both Robo Challenge and Technobots were the go-to companies for easy-to-fit feather wheels and both have now stopped stocking their respective wheels. Guess there are the Bearing Boys wheels, though I've never found their grip to be anywhere near as good. Might be a lot of homemade numbers springing up again, similar to Tormenta 2's.

[harry hills]

Might be a lot of homemade numbers springing up again, similar to Tormenta 2's.

way ahead of you

[Ellis]

I'm taking T2's approach to the next level on Rango. I even bought black screws for extra cool points.

[suvv]

having jsut read through all this and watched that video can i safely assume that it is now almost impossible to get those wheels or did i miss something obvious

[Porker]

I got the last pair of orange wheels.

[suvv]

I got the last pair of orange wheels.

ill take that as a yes

[daveimi]

The Robo Challenge guys aren't making wheels any more. We're all in the process of finding an easy way of making our own. There are a few methods kicking about if you would like any info.

[suvv]

yes please good sir

[daveimi]

ok, erm, I will find links precisely showing you but the basic gist is to melt a nut into a plastic wheel. The official method is with a home made jig and blow torch etc to heat the nut up, then scientifically use a drill press to put the hot nut in. I find a hob ring works well and the output of a duff drill to hold and press the nut.

[mrsam]

Easiest way is just to buy some of the Bearing boy wheels, or i found some suitable ones on Ebay, and some 3/8 unf Brake pipe connectors and heat them up, then you just press them into the wheels and make adjustments by eye.

[mrsam]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLEARANCE-...item3f26eba220 These are the wheels i found, very similar to Robochallenge and Bearing boy.

[plargen]

lol i just drill it out to 0.5 bigger than the flat of the brake pipe connector and hammer them in