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10-20-2015, 08:42 PM
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Ok back to tires,,,
 I have the four pieces printed, still have to glue them together, sand, fill, do whatever to make them mold ready. I did find alumalite resins and mold making supply. I'm not completely sure what products to use but an email to them and hopefull they will help me out. I know why custom tires are expensive. Any of the materials use to make tires this size are not too bad for small parts but I'm gonna need the gallon size and it like 100$ so I could easily see something like this (each tire) costing 40-50$ by the time mold is made, work in making it, the actual material for the pour, ect,, as the saying go " ya gotta pay to play"!!! But if I come up with something that works I may be able to make a couple more.
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10-20-2015, 08:59 PM
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I would need some 13" in dia.
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10-20-2015, 09:12 PM
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10-20-2015, 09:19 PM
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The way my threads have been going today I have some off the cuff comments about the cat on your face but I'll keep them to myself
 . Your thread has gotten back on track so we'll keep it that way. The tire looks wicked! You've inspired me to ask Santa for a printer at Xmas. I won't know how to use it but it will be fun to watch it melt weed eater string into blobs. 
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10-20-2015, 09:31 PM
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For me, the printer is inside the house and not in garage, out of sight out of mind. Several times I have sat in garage thinking how nice it would be if I could just whip up some complex/simple part,,,,,, and then I remember ,,,I can,,,,, I just have to re learn how to use the design program. I did switch to autodesk fusion 360. It's a trial for 30 days and then 300$ a year, cloud based stuff but does all the things the 3000$ software does that I would need. But....., another thing I have to learn. A lot of features, definately have been watching a few tutorials and realizing if I can get a pretty good working knowledge I would be set and able to make whatever I need.
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10-21-2015, 08:10 AM
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10-21-2015, 01:35 PM
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Come on, you've got this far so make up a tubeless tire! Think of all the money saved on liquid rubber. I've seen where guys have glued Clod tires to the rims and inserted valve stems. If you could put a metal ring in the bead area and cast around it you'd be set! Honestly speaking, how much harder would it be to cast a hollow tire and run a tube? Think about the tires Dad's Garage used on his haul truck. Tubes are available cheap about the size you would need. Probably better to cast solid rubber but how cool would it be to make your own pneumatic tires?
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