{"id":514,"date":"2023-04-24T04:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T04:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/?p=514"},"modified":"2023-04-24T04:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T04:45:14","slug":"building-hubs-and-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/2023\/04\/24\/building-hubs-and-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Building hubs and wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here I will explain how I went about designing the hubs and wheels for our fire robot.<\/p>\n<p>The first goal was to make the hub and make multiple prints of it. Tweaking it to where it fits just right and the set screws are able to turn threads in the set screw holes.<\/p>\n<p>The first step was to do a simple extrude of the hub with the &#8220;double D&#8221; shaft in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-522\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-38-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-38-980x544.png 980w, https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-38-480x266.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, I made two holes for set screws to tighten the wheel down to the shaft. I drew the hole off the right datum then extruded it from both sides giving us two set holes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-521\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-39-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-39-980x545.png 980w, https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-39-480x267.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we printed it, we found that it fit perfectly and we were ready to move on to the wheels. For the wheels, we basically started with a 90mm circle and extruded it from the center of the hub.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-520\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-40-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-40-980x545.png 980w, https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-40-480x267.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we had the base, we started to cut out some material so it wouldn&#8217;t take as long to print but also to make it lighter. First, we would draw the basic shape and then pattern that extrude around the center axis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-518\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-41-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"208\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-519\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-42-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We repeated the same process again in more dead space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-516\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-43-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"207\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-517\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-44-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, it was time to print the finished product and test it on the robot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/20230419_152035-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-524\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/baclingerman1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1757\/2023\/04\/20230424_003958-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Printing the wheels\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wheels on the robot with rubber bands as tires<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here I will explain how I went about designing the hubs and wheels for our fire robot. 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