09-02-2004 22:27

Aignam

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

An axle with slits for the keys?

This is my first attempt at guessing a part. Ever. Don't explode on me when/if I'm wrong, please?

09-02-2004 22:43

greencactus3

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

i see its hollow..... and has a set screw like thing..... hmm...
a spacer?? but i dont see the point in taking so much time making a spacer so probably not. but thats just me. maybe i'm too lazy?

09-02-2004 22:50

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

So it looks like 696 isn't the only one who mills their own keyways.

09-02-2004 22:53

Bill Gold

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

You are correct. Making your own keyways isn't uncommon in the FIRST world.

09-02-2004 23:01

Adam Shapiro

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

And it's very handy, as this part proves. [Whatever it is] works perfectly!

09-02-2004 23:29

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

And the nice part about milling your own is that you can make eevry order a custom job: like milling a 1/8" keyway in a 3/8" shaft like we did.

09-02-2004 23:47

Sachiel7

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

Hmm, that looks Awfully familliar, where have I seen that before...
Oh yeah, on our bot!
Yeah we've got a peice quite similar, only our ends are tapped instead of the center being opened for a shaft. But i'll bet it's for the same thing, so I won't say. Or at least, something similar.

09-02-2004 23:51

Stephen Kowski

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

mill? hahaha....broach, press, and a hammer is the way to go woohoo.....

10-02-2004 00:35

sanddrag

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I learned broaching last week. It is the coolest thing. You all should try it. I think someday I will open a broaching shop.

10-02-2004 05:29

Jay H 237

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I would guess a shaft for a gearbox. With two keyways cut in it it could accept two gears.

10-02-2004 18:21

Rickertsen2

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

Umm part of that looks really thin. Will it hold? We had a piece that looked sortof alike made out of a steel with a hardness of 60 rockwell and we broke it.

10-02-2004 23:33

echos

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

I think it could be like that robot from the movie Terminator that can morph to shape.

Thats not much of a preview its like looking through the peep hole in your door except a lot smaller in diameter.

10-02-2004 23:46

Rhs953

Re: pic: Team 555 Teaser 3

You could put a steel cable in the hole and use it like a pully mecanism to lift the robot up to the bar.