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[jwfoss]

your robot for next year will have a skateboard drive train? what?

[MrForbes]

CADding whatever you have sitting around, is good practice!

Originally Posted by squirrel

CADding whatever you have sitting around, is good practice!

Actually, this is CADed from scratch. It's a precision truck of my own design. Soon to be machined.

[Borisdamole]

what angle are the base plates? are you using 8mm or 10mm axles? are the hangers going to accept standard bushing, or are they custom bushing? Are you using a pivot cup or a spherical bearing? and how are the axles attached to the hanger(e.g. pressed in, screw in or cast in)?

Originally Posted by Borisdamole

what angle are the base plates? are you using 8mm or 10mm axles? are the hangers going to accept standard bushing, or are they custom bushing? Are you using a pivot cup or a spherical bearing? and how are the axles attached to the hanger(e.g. pressed in, screw in or cast in)?

Hey, I found another longboarder! They're 42 degree plates, with 8mm axels. They're custom bushings, and it's a spherical bearing. The axels are knurled, loc-tited, and then pressed in.

[Borisdamole]

well i like the design, but i would highly suggest trying a threaded axle with a pin that fits into a hole in the axle and truck. this would allow for the strength of threads, with out the possibility of backing out. also, make sure you make a recessed cup for your bushings!!!!

reminds me of this truck, and the axle with pin thing is on this truck also
http://www.landyachtz.com/D27.cfm?PID=257&place=3

Yeah, there is a slight hole for the bushings. As for the axel attachment, I'm sure that knurling and loc titing will be plenty, especially because it will be press fitted also.

[Borisdamole]

What kind of board will you be riding this on? is it drop through or top mount?
is the truck drilled for new school mounting, old school mounting, or both?

Originally Posted by Borisdamole

What kind of board will you be riding this on? is it drop through or top mount?
is the truck drilled for new school mounting, old school mounting, or both?

It'll be a top mount, drop deck speedboard, most likely. Have yet to make it. The truck is drilled for neither old school, nor new school, yet. It's still in concept phase, so tiny details like that are on the finalize list before I got into the shop to roll these off. It'll probably be new school when it is drilled, though.

[Borisdamole]

do u post at all on silverfish? I overall like the design, are you going to sell any? they overall look like a solid skate truck. What wheels are you planing on using? anything over 75mm, you should probably consider using heat treated axles.

Originally Posted by Borisdamole

do u post at all on silverfish? I overall like the design, are you going to sell any? they overall look like a solid skate truck. What wheels are you planing on using? anything over 75mm, you should probably consider using heat treated axles.

The axels are already going to be heat treated. Yeah, I do post on SF, under the name Ironspork. There's a thread with more renders in the trucks section.

As for the wheel size, I'll probably be putting BigZigs on this, so hardened axels are a must.

[Jared W]

I tried reverse engineering a complete skateboard for my engineering class project on Autodesk Inventor.

I was able to do the deck, wheels, and hardwear quite easily, but when it came to the trucks I was stumped. Plus it was the end of the year so I never had time to finish it. I don't have Inventor on my laptop =(.

From your design it looks easier to make some of the edges squarer(? lol) than normal.

Nice job.