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Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

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Originally Posted by daltore View Post
Solid core, from McMaster-Carr. Transparent extruded polyurethane belting that had been fused at the factory. We had one belt running from a motor to a couple of wheels at the end of an arm that pulled the ball in. By the end of the regional, the wheels would barely spin at all because there was so much slack in the belt.
This is one reason why my team is using hollow core this year - if it needs to be retensioned, just snip off an inch and insert a new barb.
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