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If somebody pulls strings like that for you, you need to use the aluminum wheels.
by yeetsfromhellL2 5y ago
If somebody pulls strings like that for you, you need to use the aluminum wheels.
- Aeolun 5y agoDepends on whether Chuck confirmed they wanted to do a thing like that first.
- sgtnoodle 5y agoI imagine it was identified as one of several possible solutions, and the team pursued more than one solution in parallel. As a non-mechanical engineer, I personally would have voted for the aluminum.
- yeetsfromhellL2 5y agoFair enough, but I think I still would have used the Al wheels. They used known defective wheels, wrecked their project, didn't cross the finish line and potentially upset a big supporter. Not the kind of thing I'd do in a startup, at least. Look at me though, judging people's decisions on the internet through a second hand story.
- sgtnoodle 5y agoChuck actually recently published a book, documenting his career within CNC machining. He started a company whose product became the gold standard for CNC software for decades. https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Cold-Steel-Computer-Aided-Manufacturing/dp/173715370X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=34NCTR0B3H3FU&keywords=hot+tech+cold+steel+book&qid=1650764469&sprefix=hot+texh%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Cold-Steel-Computer-Aided-Manufa...
- EvanAnderson 5y agoThanks for posting that. I'm totally grabbing that book. For anybody else interested I did some search-engining on Chuck Hutchins' name and came up with this neat blurb about him: https://www.machinedesign.com/archive/article/21818368/the-cadcam-hall-of-fame https://www.machinedesign.com/archive/article/21818368/the-c...