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Re: pic: 2009 Mecanum Hub - Team 1595

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
Talk to some machinists about what they can do with non-CNC equipment and you may be amazed.
Or just look at some old "stuff", you'll be amazed at what we were capable of making before computers came along.

It actually looks like it should not be too hard to support the wheel at an angle for the milling operation. An indexing head would be handy, of course.

Also the design of the center could be slightly modified to make it much easier to machine...just change those three strange shaped openings to simple round holes. What you lose in artistic appeal, you might more than make up for in ease of fabrication.
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