06-04-2007, 09:27
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,934
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Re: Vex Slider Parts
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Originally Posted by Thiele
Thanks for your help. I want to make little robot babies with everyone!!!
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I'll pass on the baby-making :-) But, about sliders...
if you don't need the entire length of both slider pieces you can cut one to shorten it. This cuts down on friction, but probably does increase the chance that if the inner and outer pieces are rigidly attached to the rest of the bot, that a twisting moment might cause them to bind.
My most notable use of the sliders occured when they were part of an arm that slid through a pivot so neither sliding piece was 100% rigidly attached to the rest of the bot.
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