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Re: pic: 114 wheels
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
How thick are the spokes? (thick meaning in the Z direction on the CNC machine on which they were milled)
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The spokes are .3" thick
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Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor
This all started as 8x8 square stock (hard to believe, eh?)
We had it CNC'd at our sponsor's machine shop.
Each wheel is 6 inch diameter, with 1.5" wide tread.
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The wheels started out of 6"x6"x1.5" thick Aluminum 6061 bar stock and the wheels are 6 inch diameter, with 1.25" wide tread.
This is a movie of the wheel being machined on the CNC (10MB Quicktime movie).
Here is a Block of material before machining
Here is the Wheel after the first operation
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Last edited by James114 : 30-01-2006 at 03:34.
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