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06-10-2005, 00:21

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Re: pic: Easy to make mecanum wheels

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Originally Posted by BrianBSL

I'm no ME, but I doubt you can bend the size metal that you need to make those plates out of (and not have them bend) with a regular manual break. I'd guess theres some pretty big loads, as you are supporting a roller that is supporting a significant amount of the robot's weight on it.

well the weight is distributed evenly along the length of all the touching rollers on both treads on each side, but yeah they would be adequately thick.

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