No reason why they shouldn't. Most are looking for a really cheap solution, but I don't see why they wouldn't. A treadmill belt is just a type of conveyor belt.
Derek T065 By the way, did you end up going to Snelling on Sunday Jason? On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Jason R Schafer <[email protected]>wrote: > Is there any reason why conveyor belts wont work? > http://www.mcmaster.com/#60535k513/=2dzbat > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Tango71 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Is seat belt material really practical? I thought of this too since I >> don't want to deal with attachment chain shipping from overseas and >> prefer not to wait for our local gym to throw treadmill belts away. I >> thought of the seat belt idea because there is a wrecking yard close >> to here. >> >> My question is however. Would seat belt tracks become logged with >> water and moisture and would this eventually shorten the life of my >> tracks. Also the tank these tracks are going on is a 1/4 scale 200lb >> monster powered by a gasoline engine. So yeah. I need these to last >> for a long time. How tough would seat belts be? >> >> On Jun 19, 12:42 pm, Steve Tyng <[email protected]> wrote: >> > If your doing a sprocket drive also review the track construction on >> > the T040 page. >> > >> > Also, ignore any and all advice on TTS construction coming from the >> > Pittelli camp! ;-) >> > >> > Steve >> > >> > On Jun 19, 2:43 pm, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > I had been planning on trying a seatbelt track system on the Sherman, >> > > but the treadmill belt I won on Ebay showed up in the mail today. I >> > > think I'm going to go ahead with a TTS for my first tank, to have one >> > > actually mobile, and THEN try experimental stuff with the seatbelt >> > > material on a second tank. >> > >> > > Any TTS advice beyond what I've read on the T005 page? >> > >> > > -- >> > > Clark in Georgia >> > > M4 Sherman >> > >> > >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
