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MISSIFLIPPI TRUTHER 
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
i dont even understand why lower end car wheels are the ones cast in a single piece
like surely the tooling for multi-piece ones would be way fucking simpler, no?
like surely the tooling for multi-piece ones would be way fucking simpler, no?
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MISSIFLIPPI TRUTHER
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks yea but the mould is so much more complex
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@coolbean but you make it once and then shit out a million wheels with it in record time with barely any human intervention
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MISSIFLIPPI TRUTHER
coolbean@brain.worm.pink
@snacks but the barrel is such a simple shape surely that should be easier to make especially when you consider cleanup of the casting
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@coolbean most of the surface on cast wheels seems like it's just used as is?
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@coolbean yes, i would like a manufacturing process that can produce large quantities of extremely precise shape for extremely reasonable prices.
Mouldies canct compare, in bicycles the carbon wheel manufacturers just stopped making tire beads because it's hard to release from moulds and tell you to use your racing tire with 4 bar
Mouldies canct compare, in bicycles the carbon wheel manufacturers just stopped making tire beads because it's hard to release from moulds and tell you to use your racing tire with 4 bar
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@coolbean the main issue is that if you produce enough, tooling costs start disappearing. Just look at modern photolithigraphy
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