Mecanum Wheels

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by EricH

You may want to get in touch with 357 (or, the Behind the Design books from the 2006 and 2007 FRC seasons); they've got casting their own down to a fine art.

Originally Posted by pfreivald

357 has a pretty impressive setup. Michael Crane is probably a good contact person from that team to ask about how they make their own.

I've seen 357's casting method up close and it's pretty awesome, though I don't see most teams being able to do it. 357's wheel body is also it's own work of art - which again is pretty difficult to make, imo.

Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2473

http://hackaday.com/2010/04/28/print...um%C2%A0wheel/

if you have a 3d printer you could always scale a set of these.

I 3D printed a set of Mecanum wheels back in '07/'08 and there's no way they'd stand up to the abuse of an FRC robot.

Not really sure why the OP doesn't want to use AM Mecanums, at $222 a set they seem like a steal.