--- In treadwellbuilders@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Stuettgen" <Dans1@...>
wrote:
>
> Dave: Attached are some photos of the construction of my wheels and the
> tread I am using on my Tredwell. I made the drive wheels out of
3/4" thick
> plywood .

Cool, I did actually try something like this, but it is very hard to
get a good hole cutter in Sydney. We are too close to China, and
everything available is crap unless I want to spend about $90 per holesaw.

> The tread material I am using came off some industrial machine i
found in
> the scrap yard. the back side of the belt has a raised strip down the
> middle which will keep the treads from slipping off the drive and idler
> wheels as it drives.

Great! That's what I was looking for. I originally assumed the treads
were off a conveyor component and visited a few conveyor belt makers
here in Sydney. Now I know the tracking blocks were added later, I'm
back to making it from scratch.

Dan, I thought I was set for email, but apparently I was set for web
only so I didn't get to see your photos. Any chance of posting them to
the photos section?

Dave