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Re: FRC971 Spartan Robotics 2016 Release Video

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh View Post
Yes. Every hex shaft in the 3 gearboxes that matter is custom sized to be about 4 thou oversized. The gears are a light press fit on the shaft.

We also run the first reduction as a well tensioned chain run. The chain has negligible backlash when well tensioned. You do need to tension it enough such that it doesn't go slack under acceleration and deceleration, or you add nonlinearities back into the control loops again...

Apparently you can do similarly good things with a soda can as a shim, or some other thin metal. We haven't tried that ourselves.
How do you go about manufacturing the oversized shafts? Also, how tight are the interference fits? Hand tight? Arbor press tight?
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