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Re: pic: Wheel Idea 2

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Originally Posted by ,4lex S. View Post
The roughed Aluminium looks good for this. Only thing I would suggest is the replacement of your decorative hex holes with round holes. This would save a lot of manufacturing time.

Looks good, sort of a prehistoric ice cave themed look? (mabye its just the render lighting...)
Thanks, I originally had fillets on the hex holes so that during cutting the bit could just go to that point then continue on. The must have gotten deleted in all my many fixes and I didn't notice. Do you think that with the fillets it would speed it up enough or should I still change to circles?

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Originally Posted by Trent B View Post
If you are planning to use dead axles, the wheel has to have bearings that fit into it so it can be driven, which means you either have to somehow find a ball bearing with a hex outside shape. Or find a bushing in the shape of a hex shape externally and put a ball bearing inside of that which doesn't make sense as bushings sort of work like bearings.

If you are planning on driving the axles, you are fine.

Direct drive wheels aka live axles (which your wheel looks like it is made for as there is no mounting hole for a sprocket) you are fine as you are.
I meant live axles. Sorry for the confusion, I must have gone brain dead while submitting this.
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