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    What are those wheels? I have seen a few people using them but cannot find them online.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TechAUmNu View Post
    What are those wheels? I have seen a few people using them but cannot find them online.

    I think there custom, reading what MicroGravity100 said in a early post


    EDIT: also in addistion how well will carbon fibre take axe/hammer strikes as isn't it brittle?
    Last edited by Maxamuslead; 21st August 2017 at 19:07.

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    Cheers guys! Its certainly coming together better than I expected!

    Quote Originally Posted by Outlaw View Post
    How much does it weigh currently?
    I'm not sure, I'm not looking forward to weighing it!

    Quote Originally Posted by TechAUmNu View Post
    What are those wheels? I have seen a few people using them but cannot find them online.
    They're contact wheels from belt grinders, I got them off Aliexpress and 3D printed my own keyed hubs for the front, pressed in bearings for the back. Front wheels are one 50mm wide wheel sawn in half

    Quote Originally Posted by Maxamuslead View Post
    how well will carbon fibre take axe/hammer strikes as isn't it brittle?
    It is brittle, and it probably won't take a heavy axe blow without cracking but if you wanna throw an axe near that disc be my guest and see how long it stays on :3

    Got my machined 7075 pulley today, courtesy of Calum:





    Absolutely perfect; bearing pressed in with ease and it fit straight on the bot without issue:



    Gave it a spin by hand and it runs smooth as



    Test vids to come soon!

    Last edited by Revsmin; 21st August 2017 at 22:58.

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