Need some heavy duty treads!

[techy_1]

Does anyone know where I can get some heavy duty threads, if possible I would just like to purchase a platform that has the whole deal - hubs, treads and motors. This way I can concentrate on the "brains" of the robot.

Thankyou.

 

[mechie]

Robot chassis

I recently went to a house-clearance auction -- amongst all the junk and furniture I saw an electric chair with a little joystick control on the chair arm ....
It sold for a few pounds ....
I thought at the time this was a good robot chassis !

 

[techy_1]

thanks. I will take a look at electric chairs.

I also found a picture of the type of treads I would like to use - anyone know how I could make these or where I can buy something similar?

thanks.

 

[Scubasteve]

hey,

I'm sure there are more sites out there, but here is one..

http://www.sozbots.com/

Also, check out some surplus, there always seems to be that kind of thing just lying around.

Steve

 

[MarkWeston]

How about looking for a scrap snowmobile? Has the tracks, the gears, the whole frame that you can cut and reform as you like.

Mark

 

[pike]

I'm thinking about using mountain bike chains. I'll need about 5 chains per tread which is about 7.5mm wide per chain. This works quite well on rough terrain but tends to skid alot of slippery surfaces such as tiles.

On a conventional tread, if the tread comes off the whole thing becomes undrivable, whereas in the bike chain idea, if one chain comes off you still have 4 chains on that side.

 

[frodus]

**broken link removed**

there is always an auction for these.....