Edit: I didn’t think through the application of the tread to the rims. I no longer think this is an idea worth pursuing. This is an awesome community!
This might be “too many options makes this too complex” but for those with larger print beds, could we print the wheels in a single piece? It would reduce print time as there wouldn’t be all the over hangs and supports to print.
and if the answer is “yes, that’s acceptable” does someone have the wheel file as a single unit?
Interested in this also. I have a 350mm bed and was looking at how to do this, but I wasn’t sure the right way to combine the pieces. There are tolerances built in, and when you combine the pieces on their face, my recollection is they don’t line up all the way. It’s close, but not 100%. Unfortunately there’s not a whole wheel STEP file.
The other piece I wasn’t sure about was how to get the tires in. If there’s enough flex in the material you could try to force them into the channel. But the largest piece of the wedge has to compress to the small size of the channel.
I don’t think it will work as one piece. No way to get the tires on it. But I have made it into a 2 piece wheel and used that for a lot of the custom wheels I just posted up. I have the blank STL I can post as well if anyone wants it
How to get the tires in.. Well that answers the question right there 
No way to print in one piece and get tires in. Don’t I feel like the dunce now.
Amusing (failed) thought experiment.
-C
That would be great, thanks!
OK I uploaded it to the google drive linked here..
I think there are ways you could make it work. If you added an angled channel the shape of the tire underside to the wheel rim, you could feed the wheel pieces in at an angle. Then, if you slid the piece back, it would lock under the channel, and wouldn’t be able to come out. Not sure if that makes sense. But that would take some legit CAD work, which is outside my area of expertise. Plus, you’d need to be able to slide all pieces of the wheel inside the rim to get the last wheel section to lock back under the channel, which I’m not sure is possible.
I think using the 2 piece wheel would end up being much simpler. It takes out half of the overhangs and connections but still allows the standard tire to work as designed.
Agreed - 4 or two piece wheel gives options without a major redesign. I hadn’t thought all the way through doing it as a single piece and I agree this is not something that needs a redesign to accomplish.
Off to print that stellar 2pc Spiderman wheel for my current build.
That’s so awesome! Please post pics when its done!
This morning I tried to install a wheel by compressing the wedge and forcing it into the channel. It actually works, believe it or not. Might see if I can put together a full wheel STL.
