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Old 01-24-2013, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by frojoe View Post
Haha too true.. not that I have delusional thoughts of milling my own wheels!

I've never seen roundbar in that big of a diameter.. I always thought wheels where milled from gigantic square-profile billets. Anyways the 5-8" round bar we machine at work is f***ing expensive so I can't even fathom the cost of 18"+ diameter bar per foot!
Joe, I didn't know that it is 18" roundbar. Don't get me wrong, I'm no expert either. I just though it was raw billet poured into a round mould. For real...
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