I looked at that very conveyor belt on McMaster... If I hadn't gotten a good deal on the treadmill belt, I'd probably have used it at some point. I luuurrvvee McMaster-Carr... most of my tank aside from the motors, wood, and 'glass has come from them. That's probably partially attributable to me living in a small town in Georgia, too.
I've got 88 pieces of track cut from oak today, and a couple more steel suspension arms. 12 more suspension arms and I start drilling them for the axles. On 6/19/09, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> > >>> > >> >>> > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
