pic: Swerve! (Module)

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Originally Posted by Greg Needel

1) why don't you uses gears instead of the sprocket and chain for the last reduction? With this design you will need proper alignment of your shafts anyway and I can't see that chain being fun to fix if it ever breaks.

I thought about this when I was desinging it but I could'nt really see the advatages. I'm using 35 chain which has a breaking point of one ton, so I rather doupt it will break. My real reason for using 35 chain was that I wouldn't need to worry about tensioning, and could get by okay if the chain was just a little loose (unlike 25 chain which needs to be tensioned very precisely).

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

3) how are you attaching your rotating plate to the wheel framework? it looks as though you are going to need access to the inside of this module for adjusting your miter gear alignment. A bolt hole pattern on the slim edge of your top plate, if you made that a touch smaller so it fits inside would seem to be a good solution.

By rotating plate I take it you mean the top plate?

I was originally planing to weld it in, but then again I'm very inexperienced when it comes to miter gears. I suppose you're suggesting I leave some room to adjust them? Good idea.