Babbitt Bearings in FRC

[BeardyMentor]

Check out his other videos. His lathe is something like 10 ft between centers and 4 or so inches through the head stock. He also has quite a large arbor press.

Babbit bearings would be super cool, but in FRC, they dont make sense when roller bearings and bronze sleeve bearings are so cheap in the sizes we use.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Over the years I have seen one or two. The teams had a mentor or a sponsor that were familiar with the concept. As I remember I saw them at a Michigan regional event.

[Brian C]

I wanted to use this on the robot this year, but we won't be able to make the weight limit :-(

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Over the years I have seen one or two. The teams had a mentor or a sponsor that were familiar with the concept. As I remember I saw them at a Michigan regional event.

I figured there would be a car guy somewhere in the past 20 years that would do it.

I like your style Brian. I brought a Model A wheel to our kickoff meeting, but sadly (to me) the team opted for Rhino Tank Drive instead of 40 glorious horsepower of rear wheel drive.

[MrForbes]

so how many of us car guys are here?

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

so how many of us car guys are here?

Quite a few, including me

[GeeTwo]

After following the link, it seems that a Babbit Bearing is really a bushing made of a special alloy. We are considering bushings on two of our limited-angle manipulators for simplicity, but if that doesn't work out, we're going with ball bearings.

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

so how many of us car guys are here?

Guilty......................

Nice avatar Ian!

[Foster]

The boat does not leave me any time to work on the car.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I am not practicing but I am a muscle car lurker. My dream car is a 1969, Midnight Blue, Plymouth Road Runner with 426 Hemi and Hurst Four Speed. My dad and two brothers are/were mechanics so it is in my blood. I don' mind getting dirty.
I was always fascinated on the history and power of the MoPar 318 block. It made great power as a stock engine.

[IndySam]

Total Ford guy here.

[carpedav000]

Imports ftw.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

Imports ftw.

say, did you get a chance to look at the FIRST Robots Behind the Design book that was in the KOP?

There's an import car pictured in there, in front of a 58 Chevy wagon. I learned to drive in that import. Later, I rebuilt the whole car. Name the import....

[carpedav000]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

say, did you get a chance to look at the FIRST Robots Behind the Design book that was in the KOP?

There's an import car pictured in there, in front of a 58 Chevy wagon. I learned to drive in that import. Later, I rebuilt the whole car. Name the import....

I did not. If you could post the image so I could see it?

[MrForbes]

here it is