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Re: pic: Easy to make mecanum wheels

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Originally Posted by BrianBSL
Interesting idea, but I can tell you that the octagonal hub that 190's wheels bolted to was one of the easier parts of making the wheel. Just take a 3" square piece of aluminum and mill off the corners until you have 8 equal sides. You say only with a wood shop, but I don't know how you are going to make a roller support with only a wood shop. Casting the rollers and making the supports was the most difficult part.

I don't know how well non curved rollers would work either.
Well i can make them curved but as you can tell from this picture that this is hardy a schematic. Actually i was thinking of taking a material (not sure what exactly but ive got a top five list) and using a belt sander. Ive actually seen teams make wheels just by sanding raw material! So yeah im hoping i can do this with a minimum on complexity.
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