25# Sprockets

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

for $5 each, I'm surprised you did this! That's a crazy amount of work to avoid a $5 sprocket.

More like $12 each. Hubbed sprockets. It's only probably $2 of bar stock so there's some savings. Not much trouble at all in a VMC. On a router I wouldn't bother.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

More like $12 each. Hubbed sprockets. It's only probably $2 of bar stock so there's some savings. Not much trouble at all in a VMC. On a router I wouldn't bother.

Are you unable to use the Vexpro sprockets?

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Cory

Are you unable to use the Vexpro sprockets?

Need 7/16" hex. If they made them in 7/16" hex, we'd be all over it.

[Redo91]

We had our sponsor laser cut some steel sprockets for us when I was a student. The only trouble we had was the chain would skip off. That was solved by beveling the teeth on a belt sander. We never had an issue with them after that.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Need 7/16" hex. If they made them in 7/16" hex, we'd be all over it.

Do you use 1/2" hex on the other side for the wheel?

We do the 7/16" step down as well (thanks adam!) and we love it. But the sprocket side is 1/2" hex.

I can see why its 7/16" on both sides as you can just buy precision 7075" (1/2" round) and just hex the portions you'd like vs machining everything down from a larger size. Is that the reasoning?

-RC

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by R.C.

Do you use 1/2" hex on the other side for the wheel?

We do the 7/16" step down as well (thanks adam!) and we love it. But the sprocket side is 1/2" hex.

I can see why its 7/16" on both sides as you can just buy precision 7075" (1/2" round) and just hex the portions you'd like vs machining everything down from a larger size. Is that the reasoning?

-RC

That's why 254 does it.

254 is still forced to use 1/2" hex on the gearbox though.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by R.C.

Do you use 1/2" hex on the other side for the wheel?

We do the 7/16" step down as well (thanks adam!) and we love it. But the sprocket side is 1/2" hex.

I can see why its 7/16" on both sides as you can just buy precision 7075" (1/2" round) and just hex the portions you'd like vs machining everything down from a larger size. Is that the reasoning?

-RC

Exactly. .500 PG 7075 round. Mill the hexes, done deal.