Thread: Conveyor Belt treads idler & Sprocket help
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Re: Conveyor Belt treads idler & Sprocket help
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Originally Posted by CENTURION View Post
Never made a conveyor belt before.

But I would probably just tension the belt nice and tight, and friction drive it. That is, get some sort of rubber rollers for it to ride on, and just drive one of them.
We did something similar for our frisbee shooter last year. Totally depends on the appilcation
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