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 Grabcad.
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 enough?
by news | Aug 22, 2014 | Design
And I thought my computer ran like a dog at the best of times, just try adding scores of chain links… I might struggle to make a video render with this….
by news | Aug 22, 2014 | Design
I think this could be pretty good, at least as an initial idea. Two rubber rollers, a bolt in between. It might need some bearings but maybe some nylon washers would be enough. In the middle is a bent metal clip to hold it together, something a machine could pop out a...
