Slider design help?

EricH · #1 13-01-2008, 15:18

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Originally Posted by vivek16

Fellow FIRSTers,

How would you get a sliding motion in the forklift segment attachments?

I was playing with that one track slider thing in the kit but that didn't seem too reliable. How would you achieve such a sliding motion reliably?

How would you use rollers (such as the pink ones found here link) to do it?

thanks, Vivek.

When 330 uses a lift, they like to use aluminum C-channel with delrin rollers attached to blocks, secured inside the ends. The roller at the top of one segment is placed so that the block it attaches to is a hard stop for the roller at the bottom of the next one over.

vivek16 · #2 13-01-2008, 16:02

Eric,

I am having a hard time visualizing that. Is there any chance you could make me a sketch or something? That would be great.

thanks, Vivek

Joe G. · #3 13-01-2008, 16:23

I know that many teams have had success with 80/20 products
http://www.8020.net

Sunshine · #4 13-01-2008, 16:26

This is what we use

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