by news | Aug 23, 2014 | Design
Autodesk Inventor has a roller chain design accelerator that can produce quite complicated chains. So half an hour of playing around and I’ve managed to make my chains ‘properly’. Only problem is that it doesn’t actually show the...
by news | Aug 23, 2014 | Design
Someone made a pretty good track on...
by news | Aug 23, 2014 | Pictures
While I doubt there is a massive market for custom made omniwheels this certainly might appeal to a few people who want a certain sized wheel and using a chain gives them that possibility. Now to see if I can make a chain the shape of the belt I posted earlier and...
by news | Aug 22, 2014 | Design
If we use omnichains they obviously can’t cross over each other, so we would need to use a configuration somewhat like this : So one long chain can handle pitch and the other two handle roll. The sphere is more likely to be balanced for roll so the pitching...
by news | Aug 22, 2014 | Design
The previous OmniChain looks far too weak so I did a hopefully stronger part. 1 bent 8mm wide clip, 2 screws, 2 washers and a rubber wheel about 20mm wide that can fit on a standard bike chain. Simple...
