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Unread 28-09-2004, 22:26
Rickertsen2 Rickertsen2 is offline
Umm Errr...
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Re: Broken robots

loose PWM cables, fried motors, improperly tensioned chains, loose setscrews, anything made of plexi/acrylic(lexan is fine)
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Originally Posted by Cory
Robots that use nothing more than set screws to fasten sprockets to shafts.

set screw+shaft+powerful motors=large, deep groove in steel shaft
Hah. Lets just list setscrews as a problem in and of themselves.
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