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Re: Swerve Drive CAD

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
You can order GT2 belts from SDP/SI. That's what we did this last year. They come in a ton of different sizes (as should be expected) and widths (they carry 5mm, 9mm, and 15mm, if I remember correctly).

We were very happy this last season with our belts ordered from SDP/SI. There are some changes we'd make to how we drove wheels and such, but compared to our use of HTD belts last year (in a low-torque, low speed usage), we were much happier with the GT2 profile. It seems, at least from my team's experience, a little more forgiving.
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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
I generally use HTD 5mm belts, which seem to be pretty standard; you can buy them from B&B Manufacturing (http://www.bbman.com), or alternatively just use their very nice catalog for designing purposes and see if you can buy the parts from a cheaper supplier once you have all the part numbers.
Oblarg,

If your already ordering belts and such, you might as well use GT2. Its a much stronger profile and can take much higher abuse.

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