pulley drive

cdover218 · October 9, 2006, 10:27am

i am starting to work on a robot that is not chain or gear drivin but pulley belt drivin.i think that vex shud mack a add on kit that is a belt and pulley kit

tell me wut u guys think?

ID_Miller · October 9, 2006, 3:20pm

sounds like a pretty good idea… though it would be difficult to make bots have to work around predetermined belt lengths. now i do know of adjustable belts but the are much larger i’m not sure how or if that would be possible in the scale of vex componets

cdover218 · October 9, 2006, 4:03pm

see i have a 4in pulley and a 1in pulley so i will get good speed

u shud try it

pacoliketaco · October 10, 2006, 3:53am

its a good idea. the only thing needed are the pullleys themselves and different size rubber bands (much stronger than just rubber though)

cdover218 · October 12, 2006, 9:05am

i had pulleys.see i ues heat to cut the belt and then ues low heat to reatach the belt and cover it with 1 or 2 strips of black tape on it and u have a belt:D

pacoliketaco · October 12, 2006, 6:17pm

nice
it would also allow the wheels to have some give to them.

cdover218 · October 16, 2006, 2:47pm

i realy need to post sum photos of my robots but i can’t figuer out how…any way i did get good speed off the pulley:D

cdover218 · December 2, 2006, 4:09pm

what about uesing pulleys off a rideing lawn mower and the belt off the cuters or r thay to big?:rolleyes:

chuck · December 3, 2006, 12:00pm

Pulley drive is a great idea. I think three diffrent sizes would give enough variety to fit whatever you want to do. Post a thread in new product ideas. you would also need several diffrent sizes in the pulley wheels.