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Re: Questions-Thoughts/Input On First Drivetrain Design
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Originally Posted by AlecMataloni
We used .125 on our drivetrain this year IIRC, but I've heard of teams using .090. .063 is the thinnest sheet we use on our robot, and I doubt it would ever be on the drivetrain. Make it thicker just to play it safe.
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We built our entire chassis out of (flanged) 0.063" 6061-T6, and decided post-season we should have used 0.050".
If you design the flanges and structure correctly, and pick the right alloy, you really don't need very much thickness.
All of the waterjet pieces of this robot are 0.063" except the gearbox plates (they are 0.090").
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