02-09-2004 10:27 PM

Aignam

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

An axle with slits for the keys?

This is my first attempt at guessing a part. Ever. Don't explode on me when/if I'm wrong, please?

02-09-2004 10:43 PM

greencactus3

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

i see its hollow..... and has a set screw like thing..... hmm...
a spacer?? but i dont see the point in taking so much time making a spacer so probably not. but thats just me. maybe i'm too lazy?

02-09-2004 10:50 PM

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

So it looks like 696 isn't the only one who mills their own keyways.

02-09-2004 10:53 PM

Bill Gold

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

You are correct. Making your own keyways isn't uncommon in the FIRST world.

02-09-2004 11:01 PM

Adam Shapiro

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

And it's very handy, as this part proves. [Whatever it is] works perfectly!

02-09-2004 11:29 PM

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

And the nice part about milling your own is that you can make eevry order a custom job: like milling a 1/8" keyway in a 3/8" shaft like we did.

02-09-2004 11:47 PM

Sachiel7

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

Hmm, that looks Awfully familliar, where have I seen that before...
Oh yeah, on our bot!
Yeah we've got a peice quite similar, only our ends are tapped instead of the center being opened for a shaft. But i'll bet it's for the same thing, so I won't say. Or at least, something similar.

02-09-2004 11:51 PM

Stephen Kowski

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

mill? hahaha....broach, press, and a hammer is the way to go woohoo.....

02-10-2004 12:35 AM

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I learned broaching last week. It is the coolest thing. You all should try it. I think someday I will open a broaching shop.

02-10-2004 05:29 AM

Jay H 237

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I would guess a shaft for a gearbox. With two keyways cut in it it could accept two gears.

02-10-2004 06:21 PM

Rickertsen2

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

Umm part of that looks really thin. Will it hold? We had a piece that looked sortof alike made out of a steel with a hardness of 60 rockwell and we broke it.

02-10-2004 11:33 PM

echos

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I think it could be like that robot from the movie Terminator that can morph to shape.

Thats not much of a preview its like looking through the peep hole in your door except a lot smaller in diameter.

02-10-2004 11:46 PM

Rhs953

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

You could put a steel cable in the hole and use it like a pully mecanism to lift the robot up to the bar.