Good material for el toro?

[who716]

Originally Posted by Rynocorn

My team literally (and I actually mean literally) has over 200 feet with tons of different rolls and colors because we used/tried to use it for our conveyor belting in 2009- it is super grippy on the ball but may be too thin for el toro? Not sure

Yeah we love the stuff put it under electronic components so they don't slip so many usages for it. We had one layer wrapped around over lapping just the ends due to the way we wrapped it and it was enough, if once doesn't work for this particle mechanism going two three times should surly do the trick.

[yash101]

The material around tennis rackets is really nice and cheap too!

[Anthony Galea]

Our team covered PVC pipe with hockey tape, and then wrapped surgical tubing (thicker than the KOP surgical tubing) around it like a spiral, and it picks the ball up very well.

[bs7280]

Can you please post a picture? We have been having trouble picking up our ball and we are using just hockey tape.

[Anthony Galea]

Originally Posted by bs7280

Can you please post a picture? We have been having trouble picking up our ball and we are using just hockey tape.

We have found it necessary to wrap the surgical tubing in that direction.

[Lil' Lavery]

Agreed that hockey tape alone does not have a particularly good grip on the game piece this year. We attempted that with one of our prototype rollers, and did not like the results. We did have good results with surgical tubing (.375 OD, like the KoP). Our best results were with low durometer rubber wheels.

[ShadathChow]

Hi. I was wondering what material was used to grip the ball for El Toro on Boom Done's robot this year.

[ehochstein]

Remember to search first!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hlight=el+toro

[bs7280]

Originally Posted by 3175student17

We have found it necessary to wrap the surgical tubing in that direction.

How far apart are your motors? How high up are they? What angle do you have them out at when you pick up balls? What do you have providing force between the two bars?

Sorry, I have a lot of questions, but our team is struggling with ours

[tbarban]

What are you guys using for the shafts that extend outwards for El-Toro?

[Solive]

Don't rule out the old faithful pool noodle.

[who716]

Use banebot wheels use banebot wheel use banebot wheel works really well we just fastened them on our el toro sticks works amazing

[eddie12390]

Originally Posted by who716

Use banebot wheels use banebot wheel use banebot wheel works really well we just fastened them on our el toro sticks works amazing

So, do Banebot wheels work well?

[marccenter]

Dear who716,

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Use banebot wheels use banebot wheel use banebot wheel works really well we just fastened them on our el toro sticks works amazing 


How did you mount your banebot wheels to the el toro sticks? Banebot wheels are typically center keyed or hex keyed in the middle.

Regards,

[who716]

Originally Posted by marccenter

Dear who716,

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Use banebot wheels use banebot wheel use banebot wheel works really well we just fastened them on our el toro sticks works amazing 


How did you mount your banebot wheels to the el toro sticks? Banebot wheels are typically center keyed or hex keyed in the middle.

Regards,

Yes the bane bot wheels where hex keyed and we discovered that 1/2in aluminum rod fits perfectly with just a little tap of a hammer they fit. They were very snug we couldn't move them unless we take a hammer to it. initially before we found that the 1/2 fit we were going to bore the wheel out to a certain size then press the stick through it but this was much simpler.
this aluminum rod we then attached to a pg71 gear motor using a machined adapter. I can possible post a picture soon