3D-printable Tanuki Hubs! šŸ¦

I agree

If/when (cmon the price is irresistable) I buy a set and print em out (should be a simple enough print) I may be able to print em for you

Also - OP, I might have missed it, but what is bearing face to bearing face distance? Is it a drop in replacement for wheels on a BN AT drive with Rockstar 2 pattern?

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Iā€™ve been getting some great prints recently, if you pay for the plastic and shipping I could send you a set. Just ordered myself some nylon too because I have trust issues with PLA+

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That R type looks familiar :joy:

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Also worth noting, these are VERY easy to print. No overhangs minus the lip. Super easy to remove. I recommend not bothering to add support to the tube stem hole.
Having made a few of them, I was SUPER impressed with the designs, y type is my fave. The wide ones have a big offset, so still compatible with most hangers.
I think @Tanuki is filling a big wet :hole: in the pneumatic compendium; the budget wheels. Lowers the entry level to make accessible for more peeps!

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The Y type would look pretty sweet in prusament neon green PETG :eyes:

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Lol yeah it does look pretty identical, that was my first thought too

It is based off a car wheel tho tbf

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Good to know, now if only I can get that first layer porn. But certainly worth a shot.

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What printer you using? What build surface? Auto bed leveling?

Edit: donā€™t mean to derail @Tanuki, sorry @zero_ads pm me the dets and maybe we can set you right. :grinning:

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face to face distance on medium is 26mm, on wide 31mm. Iā€™ll add that once I can edit posts, good call!

My inspiration were older BMW Ellipsoids and the Pro Comp Rims you see a lot on bigger truck wheels. Pretty nice looking! :slight_smile: If you guys have more suggestions let me know!

Agree! Iā€™d recommend to paint them with a UV-resistant clear coat after printing though, because PETG gets weak over prolonged exposure to sun light. Or you just print a new set after some time lol

Thanks a ton for the praise! Yes, support is very easy to remove, I should have made some ASMR videos while prototyping haha :smiley:
All hubs have a full offset, so the whole bearing seat is located on the inside of the wheel. I think most, if not all hangers should have enough room to fit at least the medium variant.

np :slight_smile: general product discussion is very welcome here!


Iā€™m glad you guys like them!

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Something like a Volk TE37 would be cool, or any neat BBS wheels. Always been big into the rally look.

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I have something similar in the works. :smiley:

I tried that, but the very thin spokes on most BBS wheels pose a problem to 3dp, they are very fragile.

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Interesting. Iā€™ll byte.

Willing to give PP-GF, PC-CF, PA-GF/CF (some 6 and 12) a shot.

Never touched ABS and Itā€™s been a year since Iā€™ve played with PETG.

What was the typical failure mode? Layer adhesion failure or heat deformation at bearing seats?

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Huh, thats quite the selection! Could be very interesting.

Donā€™t start now, ASA is better in every regard.

Layer separation on filaments with low layer adhesion is a problem, matte filaments and filaments with lot of additives especially. I donā€™t recommend those. The bearing seat is fine as long as the bearings are fine, as with all plastic hubs save for maype GF-Nylon.

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Considering a spool of this, how bad is the heat issue?

There is no heat issue in normal operation, just when a bearing fails.

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Sent PayPal. :+1:

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Can you add some pictures of the actual printed hubs? Helps to visualise what weā€™d get when we would print them.

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Sure! Iā€™m still Level 1 so I canā€™t edit any posts but here are some pictures of the final version of Y-Type wide and R-Type medium that Iā€™m currently driving. I havenā€™t painted them yet, and for prototyping I printed them pretty fast, so they still look a bit rough. :smiley:

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