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24-02-2004, 15:52
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Re: Aluminum chain?
I would not reccomend mounting any wheels or anything you expect to put a lot of torque/force on with aluminum shafts. A person can bend a 3/8" aluminum shaft by hand, just think of what a robot moving at 10 fps will do to it!
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