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Re: pic: 4 Inch Wheel Design
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Originally Posted by Formerly Famous View Post
Looks nice to me. ^_^ Course... I'm not the mechanical genus... My questions are only about the CAD program. Which one are you using?

Also, do you think you could get away with fewer spokes?

-Rion
I am using Solidworks 2009

Yes, i could but i liked the look of 10 versus 6 spokes for some reason.

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Originally Posted by RyanS View Post
Looks nice. Are you planning to broach the center with a hex or key? If so you might consider indexing the broach so that the "halves" broaches line up. This would allow the halves to be truly interchangeable.
Yes since my upload i have added the hex broach and the halves line up perfectly. The purpose was to have the halves be interchangeable.
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