Thread: Custom wheel making
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Unread 02-09-2013, 23:14
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Re: Custom wheel making
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Originally Posted by safiq10 View Post
what was this wheel made out of and do you have a picture of it? Thank you for responding.
The best I have is this picture of our whole robot. The wheel was made out of 6061-T6 aluminum round bar. It took about 20 minutes each to machine on a vertical machining center. The majority of the time was cutting the groove for the tread and corner rounding the edges. I could probably cut down the cycle time now that I've learned a bit more about feedrates and material removal rates.

If you search the CD media section, there are several examples of custom made wheels.

Wheels can even be made on a manual mill and/or lathe if you don't have access to a CNC, and if you have enough patience and time.
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