Wheel contest
 

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your CAD software!

I was randomly designing wheels in Inventor, and I was thinking about how stylish it would be possible to make some wheels. Then I thought, why limit the styles to my own brain. So here's a challenge:

Design in Inventor a wheel. There'll be 2 size classes: 6 inch and 3 inch. The 6 inch wheel must be underneath .8 pounds in weight, and the 3 inch must be under .4 pounds. Post a picture or link to a picture of a wheel you designed in CAD. The most stylish wheel will win at the end!

Re: Wheel contest
 

With tread or without?

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Not too prefrential on tread, so if you don't want to bother, don't. As far as weight, tread is not included.


Also, here's my submission: A 6 inch beauty weighing in at .720 lbs

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6" OD 0.470 lbs

[edit]CAD model replaced with rendered part

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What's the prize? :p

Re: Wheel contest
 

yah... you better send us some cake or something...

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Here's my submission, throwin' it back ol' school style with gold spokes (18).

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Maybe someone will get inspired by these hubless wheels?

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lol, i was working on an old fashioned spoke style as well. old school. but a little different. Maybe ill CAD it out

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We're ridin' spinners, we're ridin' spinners
They don't stop
We're ridin' spinners, we're ridin' spinners
They don't stop :p

-7.5" pneumatic rim (squishes down to 6")
-Gold plated... :cool:
-Spinners... :cool:
-Embossed with our logo... :cool:
-If only we had the $$$

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My entry:


6" OD (not including tread)
0.75" wide
3/4" hex for drive
0.746 lbs (no tread)
The base wheel is made completely out of fiberglass, but a layer of gold foil is glued on with an epoxy of some sort.

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720 lb??????

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Well DUH! don't you see how BIG it is???

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actually, if you look real close, there's a decimal before the 7. :D

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Here's my old school wooden wheel.



Maybe not the most practical...