Cheap Tires for Robot Wheels

Robot builders are always looking for inexpensive ways to make wheels for their robots. You often see homemade wheels made of Plexiglas or Masonite. These homemade wheels typically look unfinished and have poor traction.

This instructible describes two ways to add a tire to a homemade robot wheel using window screen spline. Window screen spline tires are inexpensive and very easy to make. This technique also improves the wheel's performance and looks good.

Step 1 Materials

You will need:

1.   Window Screen Spline (obtain from home supply or hardware store)
       The spline comes in a variety of diameters. Robots wheels can usually
       be handled with either 0.125 inch or 0.175 inch diameter spline.

2.   Super glue

3.   Scissors (small)

4.   Ruler

5.  Small piece of fine or extra fine sand paper

6.   Piece of cardboard or a paper plate

7.   A wheel (0.175 inch spline can handle a 1/8 inch thick wheel)

Comments

[agis68]

very cool instructable....gives ideas for farther more research and action

thnx

[aessam1]

just as you said
easy,cheap and good looking