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Re: 4 inch Wheel of Doom

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Originally Posted by Speedfiend View Post
Out of curiosity, why would you even go with aluminum if you have that much material on the wheel? Aluminum is much stronger than teams give it credit for, especially when used in circles for a wheel-type application. You could easily take out about half that material and still be plenty strong.
Really, right now i have in the middle a quarter of an inch and on each side a 1/8 face extra on each side, how much more do you wanna lose??
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