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Re: casting tread material

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Originally Posted by Ken Patton
Some of the coolest wheels that I saw last year were on (I think) Team 74's robot. They had machined center hubs with some form of urethane or other soft material cast onto the hub. They either had the mold or pictures of the mold at Motorola Midwest. They appeared to work pretty well too.

Ken
This seems like the thing to do from a cost, flexibility, and coolness stand point. The molds probably don't have to be too high tolerance to work and can therefore be made fairly inexpensively.

I'd be very interested to hear how this turns out. In particular, what material you end up using and where you get it, what material you use for molds, etc.