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Re: pic: My First WCD

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56 View Post
Yup that sounds good to me. Im glad this one is not a WCD though per se. It seems that everyone has been jumping on the wcd bandwagon possibly without considering other styles of drive all the while neglecting to implement many of the key benefits of west coast drives.
I agree with you, but I am one of those people on the west coast bandwagon. It's a great system. It combines ease of maintenance, light weight, and depending on how you make it it can be fairly low intensity on the machining end. (of course other drives have their advantages too.)


Back to the drawing....That is a really nice sheetmetal drive. I'm guessing the middle is driven via hex and from their power is distributed to to the outer wheels which rest on dead axles. Are they custom wheels? The gearbox looks custom two, or is a standard andymark gearboxbox modified for mounting purposes?

Great design though, the whole sheetmetal thing is taking off...

I personally owe a thanks to team IFI for some inspiration with sheetmetal fabrication...I love seeing all the new with sheetmetal.
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