24-01-2009 18:06

moojoe

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Kressly, I'm so happy that the layout ink I got you guys is going to good use.
Perhaps change the teams colours to blue and black now?

24-01-2009 22:03

Phil Ross

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

yea, sylvia got a little too excited with all that jazz...we have been using that dentist tool too, just not for what you had intended. It serves very well as a way to move around drop-in's

25-01-2009 03:10

daltore

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Do you guys have some sort of tensioning system for that polyurethane belting? We used one of those last year, and by the end of a week, it was already stretching out, and by the end of the season it was virtually useless. Or is there some kind of zen/jedi mind control thing going on here that I've missed where you just make the belts scared to distend?

26-01-2009 09:22

Rich Kressly

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by daltore Do you guys have some sort of tensioning system for that polyurethane belting? We used one of those last year, and by the end of a week, it was already stretching out, and by the end of the season it was virtually useless. Or is there some kind of zen/jedi mind control thing going on here that I've missed where you just make the belts scared to distend?

27-01-2009 20:54

5n1p3r

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

How does it work, if you get video be sure to post.

27-01-2009 22:13

daltore

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly did you use solid core or hollow?

28-01-2009 13:20

Phil Ross

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5n1p3r How does it work, if you get video be sure to post.

28-01-2009 14:03

Jared Russell

Re: pic: Dawgma Robot end of week 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by daltore Solid core, from McMaster-Carr. Transparent extruded polyurethane belting that had been fused at the factory. We had one belt running from a motor to a couple of wheels at the end of an arm that pulled the ball in. By the end of the regional, the wheels would barely spin at all because there was so much slack in the belt.