HELP FOR THE PARTS ( WHEEL BRACKET)

[LANA]

hi , if anyone can help me to find how to instal the wheel bracket that actually came from the kit!

[Peter Matteson]

I believe this is what you are looking for.
http://www.andymark.biz/am-0450.html

Edit Here is the link I meant to paste:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/yhst-...-userguide.pdf

[LANA]

thank you so much for ur help! it is what i am looking for

[joek]

by the way, the KOP Bracket only fits the KOP wheels

[MrForbes]

You can probably get the KOP bracket to fit a wide variety of wheels, but you might need to make or buy some extra parts to do so.

[joek]

too narrow for mechanum and probably omni too

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by joek

too narrow for mechanum and probably omni too

Omni wheels come as thin as half an inch wide. AM 8 inch plastic omni wheels fit just fine.

[Tony.Wu]

You'll need some different sized spacers to fit anything else other than KoP wheels.

Team 3132 is using hardened copper tubing for spacers

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by joek

too narrow for mechanum and probably omni too

We put dual 6" omni wheels in our test chassis without any modification of the brackets.

[Jon Stratis]

With a slight modification, the brackets work fine with the AndyMark 8" mecanum wheels. You just need to cut a little wedge out and bend them apart a bit. We're using them right now that way on our practice bot.

For our real bot, we built our own custom brackets. cooler, stronger, and lighter!

[joek]

us too, I'm the one designing them, (BTW, you NEED a flange on the entire length of the bracket, and don't try steel- too heavy)

[Jon Stratis]

Ours are already built, and as of last night attached to the chassis. Now if only we were done building our custom mecanum wheels... our AndyMark wheels are only for the practice bot

[joek]

why custom mechanum? regular work fine, and you already have them. we barely have a concept frame, with plywood wheel brackets (although, we are moving along on the sub-systems- i had a design, but the mentors didn't want a 6" wide bracket with welds, and the 4.5 inch design is too weak)

[Brant Bowen]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

With a slight modification, the brackets work fine with the AndyMark 8" mecanum wheels. You just need to cut a little wedge out and bend them apart a bit. We're using them right now that way on our practice bot.

For our real bot, we built our own custom brackets. cooler, stronger, and lighter!

The 8" Mecanum Wheels should be able to be used with the brackets just by cutting away the aluminum as seen in the picture on the AndyMark website here.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by joek

why custom mechanum? regular work fine, and you already have them. we barely have a concept frame, with plywood wheel brackets (although, we are moving along on the sub-systems- i had a design, but the mentors didn't want a 6" wide bracket with welds, and the 4.5 inch design is too weak)

Cost, for the most part. Part of our intent is to have a practice bot to drive. We got the AndyMark ones first and threw them on the practice bot... but we really didn't want to buy two full sets when we have the resources and capability to make our own and save some money. The drive team has been driving the practice bot for over a week now, and can continue to drive it through ship and the three weeks following before our first competition. Granted, the practice bot only has the drive train... but that's enough for practice.

On a side note, thus far this year we've been moving incredibly fast, compared to the last 3. For the "real" robot, the chassis is finished, the wheel mounts are pretty much finished, the kicker is functional, the lifter is in place (although we're still working on the motor mounts), and the electrical system is probably halfway finished. At this same point last year, we were just finishing our prototypes!