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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
Find a sponsor with a CNC mill (thanks GEMS!).
Shamelessly borrow AM's 6" performance wheel CAD design (the old one without the big hole in it for the zip-tied tread) minus a few features.
Buy 5.75" aluminum wheel blanks for about $9.50 each.
Turn your sponsor loose.
Finish up the tread grooves and rivet holes yourself.
Save lots of money.
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This is really inefficient.
Sure, you save money, but at the expense of sponsor's time.
I'm sure that sponsors time could be better spent on other robot parts.
We run COTS wheels now, after machining aluminum solid wheels for years.
When FIRST teams are as numerous and as well supported as basketball teams, we will know that our culture is preparing young people to compete in the 21 st century and we are spending our 2 million minutes wisely. - N7UJJ [more] 
11-04-2013, 16:38
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