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Received the disc spacers today.
They look great! Happy about the chamfers I managed to get added last minute before machine shop swung into action.
Bolt pattern for the discs was spot on. Had to c ...

I'm still amazed by your work Steff !

Thank you Atomibart! Wink

I am really loving the new 3d printer. Amazing how quick it is to do design revisions and see the result.

It really makes a ...

Having an all new and capable 3d printer and just waiting for the CNC shop to finish the next couple parts I decided to print the parts and do a test fit.

Since the parts are just plastic I could s ...

It was new machine day (and home office) today!

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I had finally gotten enough of my little crappy 3d printer and had decided to get a better one while taking advan ...

Okay first the good news!

The outer hub parts arrived today and snapped into position with a satisfying *clack* Cool

The lip from the wheel goes into the grooves on the CNC parts and it looks pre ...

Just a quick update.
I have been wondering how to get the outer hub (the parts that seats the bearings and mounts the brake discs) made in such a way that has it has maximum strength to connect to t ...

After receiving the front wheel back from the machine shop in January I was quite surprised at how they had managed to botch the job.

Part of me wanted to get the tools myself and another part sai ...

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In my previous post I was trying to get my rather compact inner hub placed inside the wheel. The inner hub was originally intended to go inside something like the Aprilia Shiver wheel.

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In my post-mortem of today's events I am coming to the conclusion that the machine shop must have measured from the surfaces where the brake discs were originally mounted and simply planed off a certa ...

The machine shop finally finished the work and I picked up my wheel today.

I suppose my briefing and Fusion 360 drawing was not enough to make sense of because despite my best efforts to say that t ...

Just a quick update as I have practically done nothing for a month other than wait ...

Still waiting for the machine shop to finish the wheel. Have been after them a couple of times to hear when I ...

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Finished drafting caliper mounts. They will clear the brake discs by about 5mm.

Caliper bolts are M10 and the bolt for attaching steering mechanism is M8.
The thickness of the material most places ...

Axle-holding-whatchamacallit are in.
Someone please recommend a more suitable and technical sounding name for these Mr. Green

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They are Aluminium 6061 T6 with al ...