21-05-2016, 13:52
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Active Alumni
 FRC #5492 (Robo Jockeys) Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: USA, Kentucky
Posts: 119
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Re: Lathe Suggestions
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Originally Posted by asid61
What have you used that sized lathe for? I've never thought of a job that really required more than 10" of working travel or 7.5" diameter max (and that's only for custom pneumatic wheels or something), but I'm sure teams have used the full travel before.
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My Brother made this swerve drive (by himself) https://grabcad.com/library/swerve-d...lder_id=871722 if you see the white part in the plate that is to take any linear thrust and act as a bearing. It's about 5-7" in dia. we needed to use the lathe i posted earlier to make this. this Swerve was designed by my brother to be completely manual machined, (no cnc parts). So there are some needs for a bigger lathe 
link to the cad https://grabcad.com/library/swerve-d...lder_id=871722
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2012: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2013: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2014: (FRC Team 2783) Fabrication Student Lead / HumanPlayer / FLL Ref
2015: (FRC Team 2783) Fab Student, Teacher / HumanPlayer / Backup Driver / FLL Ref / FLL Mentor of 6 Teams
2016: (FRC Team 5492) Fabrication Student Lead / Driver / FLL Mentor of Crestwood Elementary
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