custom wheels

[Chinmay]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I'm sure you know nothing about our program or our sponsor.

I'm sure they are happy to save us money doing a part they can setup once and make repeatedly and relatively quickly, giving them more time to handle their very busy workload on all that fun stuff that *actually makes them money*.

I'm sure they are also happy that they saved 3193 money as well making the same wheels.

I'm sure we had another local CNC sponsor who is more flexible in making a variety of parts for us.

I'm sure COTS wheels weren't something we wanted to use on the competition robot this year.

I'm sure you know exactly how to save your sponsors time and money and maybe I'll get to hear that someday....


Regardless, I agree with Adam that making your own wheels can be a resource hog for a lot of teams. Sometimes, it is feasible for a team to machine their own wheels, but even if I had the time/materials, I'd still think twice about doing it unless theres a significant advantage.

Some significant advantages can include the method of tred attachment, the way you attache sprockets for chain/belt, the exact diameter of the wheel and the width of the wheel. I dont think weight savings would be too big a motivation for making custom wheels. It really just depends on your teams resources. There are a lot of good wheels that are cots parts so i wouldn't worry too much about custom ones.