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Jonathan Norris Jonathan Norris is offline
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Re: Chain Tensioning Method?

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I just did the tensioning system on our robot today, and a simple solution that we are using is basically a small piece of delrin (low friction plastic) pushing down on the chain with two screws tapped into the delrin (yes it actually works..). Then the screws are attached through a part of the frame directly above the chain. Seems to work well so far, going to play with it tomorrow more.
Ok so I got time to take some pics of what I was talking about before. As you can see the delrin block pushes down on the chain. All I need to do to tension the chain more is grab a drill .

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