Wheels for drill-gearboxes?

[harry hills]

Might be a lot of homemade numbers springing up again, similar to Tormenta 2's.

way ahead of you

[Ellis]

I'm taking T2's approach to the next level on Rango. I even bought black screws for extra cool points.

[suvv]

having jsut read through all this and watched that video can i safely assume that it is now almost impossible to get those wheels or did i miss something obvious

[Porker]

I got the last pair of orange wheels.

[suvv]

I got the last pair of orange wheels.

ill take that as a yes

[daveimi]

The Robo Challenge guys aren't making wheels any more. We're all in the process of finding an easy way of making our own. There are a few methods kicking about if you would like any info.

[suvv]

yes please good sir

[daveimi]

ok, erm, I will find links precisely showing you but the basic gist is to melt a nut into a plastic wheel. The official method is with a home made jig and blow torch etc to heat the nut up, then scientifically use a drill press to put the hot nut in. I find a hob ring works well and the output of a duff drill to hold and press the nut.

[mrsam]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLEARANCE-...item3f26eba220 These are the wheels i found, very similar to Robochallenge and Bearing boy.

[mrsam]

Easiest way is just to buy some of the Bearing boy wheels, or i found some suitable ones on Ebay, and some 3/8 unf Brake pipe connectors and heat them up, then you just press them into the wheels and make adjustments by eye.