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		burger_moon on July 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Airless Tires Roll Towards Consumer Vehicles I'd be interested to know how well layers of 3d printing holds up to that much rotational mass, lateral forces, and vibration at freeway speeds. I have my doubts at this point of its feasibility.

ajcarpy2005 on July 19, 2015 [–]

A 3D printer could be used to create the mold for the rubber perhaps.

TheLoneWolfling on July 19, 2015 | [–]

You can easily do a lost-wax process with a 3D printer.

(Although getting the precision may be difficult.)

Sodel on July 19, 2015 | | [–]

Some folks have already moved on to a lost PLA casting process. I've seen some pretty decent results.

http://3dtopo.com/lostPLA/

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