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Re: custom wheels

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Originally Posted by sentientfungus View Post
On another note, one of the benefits can be an integrated pulley, such as 3928 had on this year's robot. I can't tell you how nice that looked for a team that was struggling to use belts for the first time on our drive train this year.
Can't have a pulley come loose if its part of the wheel

We had zero issues with our drive modules and the belt running to the traction wheel, We managed to get them setup for a single CNC operation, and then slice off on the lathe. Very quick operations, worthwhile overall.

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1625->3928->148->1296->971 oh dear