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Philip
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Has friction drive been successful in a feather? I am thinking of attaching a 2" wheel to a drill and friction driving the wheels that will touch the floor. Would it work reliably for an event or will it wear down and slip too quickly?
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I think the closes has been nick with his inverted rollers. They have the advantage of the weight of the robot pushing them into the other wheels.

In theory it should work but not sure how well particularly with a lot of the fine dust and crap that ends up on the floor. Really only one way to find out. Maybe a little test platform?
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The small secondary wheels work fairly well, the only problem is their small contact patch leads to more wheel spins than the regular large wheels. The main thing I learned is to have a pressure adjustment; if the main wheels wear down even a small amount, the small wheels start slipping. as long as you check and adjust the wheels for slip, you should do fine
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Thanks. I went back looking in Nick's thread for when he first put his small inversion wheels into his robot. It was about 60 pages back! A prolific thread with so much of interest.

2" wheels driving 3" wheels with adjustable positioning might be the ticket.
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Laughing 'only' 60 pages? I need to build more!

A 2" wheel will likely work much better. I used an M8 bolt as an axle and am now thinking an M10 or larger would have been better.
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"The force is strong in this one"

I was weighing parts today when I noticed something really strange with my electronic scales. When they are turned on, they register zero grams. As soon as I move to put something on the scales, they start registering up to 6 grams before anything touches the top of the scales!

Doing a little experimentation:

Placing my hand right beside the scale has no effect, the scale only changes when my hand to something connected to it is directly above the scale .

Dangling ferrous or magnetic objects above the scale has no effect.

Holding any kind of conductive object over the scales has an effect, but only if I am touching a conductive part. IE holding a screwdriver by the handle doesn't register, but holding the tip of the screwdriver does register on the scale.

A cat standing over the scale doesn't register (that wasn't a planned test Laughing )

So what's going on? I seem to be generating an electrical field that is being picked up by the load cell in the scale, which is pretty weird!
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Not realy. The loadcells I know use the Wheatstone bridge.

Those are very sensitive and the amplifying board doesn't make it better.
If those parts ain't perfectly shielded, any inductance induced currents will change the results.
It's one of the PITA's I have at work. one of the machines has troubles with this since it was put into production.
The 11 simular machines doesn't suffer at all, but this one is biting my ass since 2003.
And I don't get permission to strip the electrical system to the bone as it will decommission the machine for a month.(if I have to do it on my own. I'm no electrician)

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So I'm not becoming a Jedi? Laughing. The scale used not to do this, it must be breaking down.
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It seems you ain't becoming a jedi, sith or black hole.

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LOL, that's a shame, I was looking forward to force-choking bots at the UK championships. Back to plan B; just smashing them with Mr Mangle and Decimator.
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Plan-B is a trademarked and wholly owned robot name ;-P
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Option B - I meant to say option B. Now please don't sue over IP rights Smile
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Shortening motor leads:

Does anyone have a tip on stripping ALL the insulation off the multiple strands of wire in motor leads?

I am having problems with overly long leads on out-runner motors and need to shorten them. All the manufacturers say to never cut their leads, but there has to be a way to do it properly.
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The main thing is to keep the length/resistance of the 3 leads/windings equal.

All the rest is just covering all bases.

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Should be no problem shortening the leads eletrically, Only lengthening them.

Getting the enamel off is a pain the ass on some motors. Acetone and brake cleaner don't strip it off as some suggest in my experience. I was just burning it with a pencil torch then touching the ends with steel wool.

I've heard you can sit the wire bundle on an aspirin tablet and solder over that to remove the enamel. Never got the chance to try it -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3n6P4hejWE&ab_channel=DirkDrones
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