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Re: Sprockets again?

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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 View Post
Please tell me you're not trying to direct drive your drive train... I shudder at the thought of it. I'm not sure if those kinds of sprockets are available. You may need to get an attachment to the CIM shaft to make it thicker.
No way lol, That would be sweet though if you used the sprockets to gear down the motor 4:1 and run on super RPM with a light as hell bot

But in reality, this is powering our centripetal arm, and it would be nice to use the sprockets to gear down the motor instead of a gearbox to equal sized sprockets. I already have the second gear made (60 tooth with machined holes to mount on the arm spot done by our machine shop)

I do like the shaft diameter option though!! I'll look into that tomorrow!
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