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thefro526
18-05-2007, 22:54
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JESTER357
18-05-2007, 22:55
thats cool
is there any video?
thefro526
18-05-2007, 23:44
I tried to post some video to youtube but it wasn't cooperating so video should be up in the next day or two. If anyone at Monty Madness wants to demo this come find me, I should be in the Vex pits.
vivek16
19-05-2007, 13:18
dude... you are my hero!!

:P

-vivek
fredliu168
19-05-2007, 17:31
huge props on making these =)
Sean Marks
19-05-2007, 19:35
These are really cool i got to see them at Monty and our mentor (head vex ref at Monty i believe) Ben Mitchell explained to me how they were made. This is really sweet.
Gabe
19-05-2007, 19:58
Where the wheels made on a 3-D printer? If so, that is even cooler!
thefro526
19-05-2007, 21:09
dude... you are my hero!!

:P

-vivek
word? I feel special:D

These are really cool i got to see them at Monty and our mentor (head vex ref at Monty i believe) Ben Mitchell explained to me how they were made. This is really sweet.

Thanks Ben is good people he's as down as they come when talking about refs.

Where the wheels made on a 3-D printer? If so, that is even cooler!

Yeah they were made on a 3D printer. The design isn't mine though I found it on the vex forum.
1086VEX
19-05-2007, 22:24
oh my gosh!!! those are amazing!!!!! GREAT work!!
now i want some...

~Alex~
dbell
20-05-2007, 16:02
very nice!

how well does it work?

what material did you use for the wheels?

do you have any kind of suspension?
Danny McC
20-05-2007, 16:57
Hmmm Ill try to answer your questions.... even though dustin will correct me.... from what ive seen they work fairly well.... might be better in other peoples opinions... i dont know the material.... and from what i saw there is no suspension
Ryan Dognaux
20-05-2007, 17:33
That's awesome, how long did it take to print each roller?

I would also love to see some video of this in action, this could become a very cheap way to prototype a mecanum drive if someone started selling these.
I.U.man_22
20-05-2007, 20:02
thats awsome for you to accomplish that. I hope that they work as cool as they look. I cant wait for a video of it in action.
robostangs548
20-05-2007, 22:03
Yah... I would definitely like to see a video.
Gabe
20-05-2007, 23:47
what material did you use for the wheels?
Three dimensional printers for rapid prototyping typically use ABS plastic, which is likely the same for the wheels.
Gabe
20-05-2007, 23:48
what material did you use for the wheels?
Three dimensional printers for rapid prototyping frequently use ABS plastic, which is likely the same for these wheels.
Guy Davidson
21-05-2007, 00:33
Would you mind posting the link to the original design? I might look into printing it as well.
team222badbrad
21-05-2007, 01:23
That's awesome, how long did it take to print each roller?

I would also love to see some video of this in action, this could become a very cheap way to prototype a mecanum drive if someone started selling these.

Guessing from the size of the wheels I'm guessing between 15 to 25 hours to print all four wheels and rollers.
thefro526
21-05-2007, 16:13
Yeah the wheels are made of some kind of plastic. video is coming soon i am still recovering from monty madness. The wheels with all 72 rollers took >40 hours to print.
vivek16
21-05-2007, 22:21
^ooh you have 99 posts :P
thefro526
27-05-2007, 16:23
Sorry the videos took so long apparently the videos did loaded without my knowledge.

Heres the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmPbLRDwuGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oxt8Myjv4c
tseres
27-05-2007, 20:47
just curious: where did you do the 3d print? does ur school have one? or...ya...just about the printer./....
thefro526
27-05-2007, 23:41
I wish the printer belonged to me but sadly it doesn't. The Pre-Engineering program at my school has one and I asked it i could use it one day and since that is my shop and the robotics mentor is my teacher, he said ok.
Ben Mitchell
30-05-2007, 21:19
My college has one of the old plaster & binder zcorp 3d printers - it makes pretty models with great resolution, but they are not durable - they are basically things to look at, not play with. The machine used to make these uses plastic, so the end result is actually usable.

These wheels are absolutely awseome, and really show how Vex can be used with non-vex parts.

In addition, the side-stepping is darn cool. It blew my mind at Monty Madness.
rachal
04-06-2007, 20:01
Haha looks exactly like our drive but small and cute!

How's the wear on the rollers?

(Amazing job by the way)
thefro526
05-06-2007, 11:09
there is minimal wear on the rollers but they only have about 1 hour of use maybe 2 at the most. The rollers are made out of super hard plastic though.
FingerTech
25-08-2009, 18:55
Hey everyone, I'm trying to get the word out about FingerTech's new Mecanum Wheels. Now you can all have a set of your own!

Check out: http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=ft-mecanum-set

Very nice work on printing your own though, looks great!