found full ceramic bearings 5.00 each

[ZachTetra]

While we are at it, might as well print the bearings too

[frame]

@ZachTetra

print the bearings

3dp wheel with integrated bearings outer race, then print truck axle with inner race

brb, just gonna patent this

[b264]

No reason to stop there, if you can 3D print a speaker then you can 3D print a whole motor, windings and bearings and all

3D Printing WIRE with Fraunhofer

The ESC would be really difficult to 3D print though.

[JesseM]

@ZachTetra

and motor mounts

Printed mounts? Surely you jest sir…

[Fosterqc]

@b264

The ESC would be really difficult to 3D print though.

You wouldn’t download a VESC™

or would you…

[tech.shit]

@Fosterqc

You wouldn’t download a VESC™

But you can. The Firmware and software are open source and freely available, and anyone can go onto the git and get the Gerber and BOM for the stock vesc6 design, upload it to jlcpcb and essentially “download a vesc”

[rusins]

How To Make A Full Ceramic Bearing Glow at High Speed!

[Linny]

Uh oh, for a good while i have been using ceramic bearings, but only the balls. The inner and outer races are steel.

[Dinnye]

@b264

The ESC would be really difficult to 3D print though.

You can now PRINT PCBs! Creating a homemade PCB with the Voltera V-One PCB Printer!

[b264]

Still gotta print the MCU and FETs