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Molding Custom Wheels?

View Poll Results: Should I make this Millable?
Yes- redo the wheel so you can put it on a CNC	10	55.56%
No- mold it	6	33.33%
Other- post your suggestion please	2	11.11%
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05-12-2009, 03:51 PM

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Re: Molding Custom Wheels?

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Originally Posted by EricH

They make the whole wheel... And they're one of the few teams to be in both Behind the Design books. 2006 details their wheels; 2007 goes after everything else. As I recall, they also went for a patent on the linear slide (which isn't UHMW; it's urethane, polyester, and a molybdenum compound molded into shape).

I thought the patent was for their battery holder.

Meh, it's in the book which is at home.

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