Wheel Treading

[christianmh]

Team 3749 needs suggestions for treading our wheels. Any ideas?

[Dale]

The majority of FRC robots use Roughtop or Wedgetop conveyor belting as treads if they aren't using kit bot wheels. Examples are at the top of http://www.andymark.com/Performance-s/101.htm

The gives you about the best cooicent of friction you are likely to get.

[GRT808]

You may also want to check out this

Abrasion-Resistant Nitrile—Blue
http://www.mcmaster.com/#rough-top-belts/=g6e375

It's a more robust version of the roughtop tread AM sells. You will need to cut it on a band saw though. We riveted this to our wheels.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by GRT808

You may also want to check out this

Abrasion-Resistant Nitrile—Blue
http://www.mcmaster.com/#rough-top-belts/=g6e375

It's a more robust version of the roughtop tread AM sells. You will need to cut it on a band saw though. We riveted this to our wheels.

If you do cut it on a band saw (assuming vertical here) I'd suggest clamping some sort of guide to the table to get a nice, straight cut.

Personally, I prefer a table saw for tread cutting, much easier to cut long straight strips out.