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Re: pic: Wheel Idea 2

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Originally Posted by Formerly Famous View Post
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?
Judging by the picture, the hex holes seem pretty small. In order to maintain the "hex" look with fillets, you would need them to be tiny, which is just as bad because you don't want to be machining the wheel with a 1/8 inch bit.
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