Wheel Envy?

[BrandonG]

My team 2865 Roboteknix just finished making one complete mech wheel and wanted to show it off:



Here we are baking the rollers to cure them:





Here is a closeup of the final wheel:




Here are a couple more pics:






Hope you all enjoyed and are jealous ;3

[samir13k]

youre missing the keyway

[BrandonG]

The keyways are being broached tomorrow.

[apalrd]

I like it.
I would like it more if it was in Killer Bees yellow. That would make it the best Mecanum wheel ever created.

[samir13k]

looks pretty sweet...
are you guys going to post a vid when youre done?
and whats the diameter of these?
to be honest i havent been very impressed with mechanums, especially under 8inches? and what gear ratios/gearboxes are you guys using?

...its alright if the answers "classified info" for the record

[BradMello]

Those look awesome

[BrandonG]

THE DEVICE HAS BEEN MODIFIED.

[techedguy]

I'll stop Brandon there...some details should be saved for Portland... I will tell you that the urethane materials from Smooth-On have been great to work with and fairly error tolerant (a few grams off here and there doesn't seem to cause too many issues). His post was supposed to be a teaser shot or two...silly Webmasters....

[onecoolc]

Haha, Sorry Sal. I don't think Brandon was there when we were talking about checking with the team before posting specs.

Though I must say, I'm still amazed with the wheels. I think they're turning out fantastic! =)

[AndyB]

Absolutely fantastic looking wheels. Hope they hold up.

[BrandonG]

.-. My bad Sal... you said "post on chief delphi"... so I did

[Joe_Widen]

Actually, showing off the whole wheel vs a teaser is better for your team in this case. If I were to see your robot on the field without have seeing this thread, I'd figure ooo, you have some andymark mecanums, cool.... and move on. Had I only seen say a roller (as the "teaser") in this thread, I probably wouldn't even had remember when it comes time to regionals.

That aside, sweet wheels. I like the colors alot too.

[samir13k]

Originally Posted by BrandonG

THE DEVICE HAS BEEN MODIFIED.

hmmm my bad haha

PEER PRESSURE IS A TERRIBLE THING!

[,4lex S.]

Those are the best looking custom wheels I have seen in a while. What are your rollers made from?

I really wish AM offered wheels in this style, with the advantages of an interior frame design.