02-09-2013, 23:19
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Jim Zondag is my Spirit Animal
 FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Manchester, Connecticut
Posts: 7,003
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Re: Custom wheel making
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
The best I have is this picture of our whole robot. The wheel was made out of 6061-T6 aluminum round bar. It took about 20 minutes each to machine on a vertical machining center. The majority of the time was cutting the groove for the tread and corner rounding the edges. I could probably cut down the cycle time now that I've learned a bit more about feedrates and material removal rates.
If you search the CD media section, there are several examples of custom made wheels.
Wheels can even be made on a manual mill and/or lathe if you don't have access to a CNC, and if you have enough patience and time. |
Here's two better pictures.
http://i.imgur.com/btUmTzW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZUqlDUP.jpg
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