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How do you plan to make this wheel... Like a CNC mill, water jet, wire EDM?

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I don't really plan on making it. If you look through my progress it was just a learning exercise. I had never used CAD before so I wanted to play around in it a little bit.

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Cool! The next learning exercise could be to learn about manufacturing, and design a wheel that is easy to manufacture. Pick a process and learn about it.

Lots of people never take their "playing with CAD" to this level -- but this is the level where the magic is!

Great work so far, but don't stop here. :)

Good Luck,
John

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Yeah, I was hoping to go that far but I am not sure what resources we have available right now. maybe once we start meeting again I can go to one the machine shops that have helped us in the past and see what they can help me with.

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Just because the wheel may not actually be made, doesn't mean you can't design it like it will actually be made. Follow JVNs advice, he knows what he's talking about.

-Brando

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Yeah, I know, but this was my first cad and I had no one showing me so I really don't know how to make it as though it would be made. My next one I will. I was still taking his advice. How exactly do you go about making one to be made? I really have no experience in it.