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Re: pic: Team 3266 Sheet Metal Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by BurkeHalderman View Post
Well it's actually about $230 total for all the pulley stock needed for the drive as we need 4 200mm bars of pulley stock. I only have experience using small belts on manipulators, nothing to this scale before, so i dont know if that price still a reasonable amount to spend on this drive?
If you have a CNC you could mill some GT pulley profiles. But 230$ isn't that much for convenience in the scale of things, you can easily spend that amount on pneumatic tires or mechanums.
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