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Re: Custom wheel making

Yes. We had a friend at Stratasys 3D Print 2 different versions of them (see picture below). The white wheels were Gen1 and they were made from abs m30, we ran into the problem of hubs getting stripped of their hex shape, so we replaced them with the black ones which were made from Ultem (which were about twice as strong) and they seem to be working just fine. For us the wheels were free, but MSRP we have heard (from different people) that they range from about $150/wheel to about $300.

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