Wat the Hook Gon Be?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

[EDIT] I'm having problems getting the link to work. "jersey day 1" is also part of the link but I can't get it included. If you go to the "General Forum" then to "Pics from NJ" click the link in the first post our robot hook is shown in the first column second pic down. And if anyone knows how to make the link work please let me know.[EDIT]

http://www.pbase.com/sscamatt/robot....rsey%20day%201

you can insert "%20" in place of any blanks.

www.pbase.com/sscamatt/robot...ew jersey day 1

I visited J&J on Saturday and saw your rolling hook in action. It was very impressive. One match you kept an opponent from scoring by making them place their hook on top of yours. Not supported by the bar= no score.

[team222badbrad]

Here is our hook. It is made out of 1/2 aluminum round stock. IT is just like a body clip.

The diameter of the opening in the hook is smaller than that of the bar therefore it snaps back around the bar attaching us to the bar.

(the only way to get us of the bar is upwards....)

here is the link:

http://www.tahsroboticsteam.org/Pict...n/100_0712.JPG

[Alavinus]

Since we had the weight luxury, we went ahead and made our hooks from 1/4 inch thick 1 & 1/4 wide steel barstock. The hooks probably weigh in, at most, about a pound a piece and have 1/8 thick sheet latex glued on to improve grip. They are mounted at the mid-section of our plow/ball grabber with two or three 1/4-20 bolts

We made it by cutting the steel with a reciprocating saw, cold forging it with a hammer, and then radiused it around a pipe. (Yes it was hard to do)

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I visited J&J on Saturday and saw your rolling hook in action. It was very impressive. One match you kept an opponent from scoring by making them place their hook on top of yours. Not supported by the bar= no score.

Here is a direct link to the picture of our robot with the hook/Shimmy on the left.

http://www.pbase.com/image/26627878

And look, in the background!! Itsa ME!! Before I shaved my beard, and still with hair (which may change by next week cause of a bet I made with the team...)


Edit: A link would be nice to include! :-D
Edit 2: A working link, that is...

[tenfour]

We made ours outta steel 3/8" bar stock. We then bent it on the 'ol brake. Looks like it was made by Jesse James himself. It is kinda the shape of the top of a pimp cane.

[jacob_dilles]

our 2 hooks ( 6" apart ) are 1/8" alluminum plate. they were originaly 2 1/4" plates, but we reduced it to save weight. we cut them on the band saw i cant believe it actualy holds the weight of the robot, but it does....