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Re: pic: 3729's minibot

Be careful about aluminum rod pressed onto the motor shaft unless you are using a very strong grade of aluminum. We used 6061 at first and it was a miserable failure. We ended up with 1/4-20 steel bolts as shafts and it works great.
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