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Originally Posted by suneel112

This is not a design, you will have to play around with it, but it is a basic idea for a transmission. If you are a beginner, I suggest that you don't try an expert transmission, such as the excellent one built by team 222 (The Tigertrons), without some engineering expertise.

suneel112 is right about our transmission in that it couldn't be built without a lathe and a mill. Our transmission is simple in the idea but takes time to fabricate.....just to give an idea of how much we worked on building it (our first ever transmission), it took us 4 weeks outta the build season for just designing and building it. Will it ever take us that long to build again, no.

I guess what I'm trying to say is think of concepts, how everyday things work, there are some pretty simple ways to make a shifting transmission. I guarantee you that whatever you decide to build is gonna take you a while the first time you build it, but you're going to learn lots, you're going to find out what works and what doesn't. The biggest thing is you don't have to make your robot like another teams. Come up with something unique and go from there. RAISE THE BAR.....start brainstorming/prototyping, you have plenty of time! Good Luck on your transmission!

Cliff