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Re: Team 1671: Off-season belt drive prototype

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Originally Posted by steelerborn View Post
Yeah, all of the axles are 1/2" with cantilevered wheels 3/8" would be really bad.

As far as the diamond shape it was mainly for looks, team 114 used a simpler square sliding block, we may need to change this when we begin manufacturing, but we will definitely look into that.

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If it has no function, it shouldn't be there.

I'm with eugene, make them square.

I'd also say lose the pocketing on the crossmember and switch them to 1/16" wall. I can see why with teh slots you can't run 1/16" on the siderails, but I'd recommended losing the pocketing there as well. There is a lot of work invested in such pocketing, and without much gain.

Heavily pocketed 1/8" is actually weaker than solid 1/16", and often a bit heavier.