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Re: Easiest/most economical way to build a pickup roller

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Originally Posted by jlian View Post
We were thinking about using a hex shaft with wheels. However, we're not too sure what the best way is to secure the wheels on the shaft (hex shaft collars + hex hubs seem a bit too involved/expensive)

I was looking at Team O-RYAN's Ri3D video and the wheels seem to be secured without much setup.

We are a rookie team so we don't have a lot of resources.. Nor do we have scrap material from previous years. Anything we want to build we would have to order.

Is there an easy way to build this pickup?
They built their intake using very basic parts. To build an intake like theirs, I would pickup some aluminum square tubing from a local hardware store, shaft (preferably hex shaft from VEX), shaft collars, wheels that fit the shaft, bearings that fit the shaft, sprockets, chain, and a geared motor.
You can PROBABLY do without bearings
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