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Step 4Make the wheels
The axles on these motors are pretty small and if we want Mousebot to be stable at blazing high speeds we need to make him some rims. Cassette tapes have a rim of perfect size in the bottom right and left corners (if the open side is down). It might take a couple tries opening different brands of tapes before you get ones that fit your axles perfectly. Once you find some rims you are happy with super glue them to the axles.
Cut the rubber band and superglue it to the rim then wrap it around three times, adding superglue every half turn or so to keep it together. Cut off the leftover rubber.
Now glue another rubber band back to the one that you just wrapped. Complete one revolution and cut off the extra. Make sure to add enough glue to keep the outside rubber band on. Repeat the same process for the other wheel
Cut the rubber band and superglue it to the rim then wrap it around three times, adding superglue every half turn or so to keep it together. Cut off the leftover rubber.
Now glue another rubber band back to the one that you just wrapped. Complete one revolution and cut off the extra. Make sure to add enough glue to keep the outside rubber band on. Repeat the same process for the other wheel
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Jan 23, 2010. 4:00 AMjwoo2023
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can we use heatshrink?
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Jul 23, 2009. 2:11 PMhero2000robots
says:
Why don't you guys just use slot car wheels and tires. HO scale should work. Kev
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Jun 30, 2009. 12:23 AMjwoo2023
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Why are each brand different sizes and which brand was you cassette tape?
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