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Re: Custom wheel making

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Originally Posted by peirvine View Post
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.

Wow... And I thought AM wheels were expensive. That seems like some really nice stuff. Any reason why the 3D printed one is better then say an regular Alum one (besides the fact it was free ).
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