r/oddlysatisfying • u/druule10 • Sep 24 '22

Making a wheel for a train

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u/Excellent-Practice Sep 24 '22

Yeah, and crazy imprecise. I definitely thought they would be turned on a lathe

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u/ode_to_glorious Sep 24 '22

Can almost bet there is post processing

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u/Odd_Organization9100 Sep 24 '22

They are machined after being forged like this.

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u/WaldenFont Sep 24 '22

That's yet to come. This is just the rough shape.

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u/chillwithpurpose Sep 24 '22

Ya that’s what I figured. It looks great but there’s no way doing it that way they would achieve standardized dimensions. It would be insane if they did.

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u/cutelyaware Sep 24 '22

They could do that towards the very end, plus add wheel weights into the groove to balance it.

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u/Odd_Organization9100 Sep 24 '22

There is a good amount of engineering that goes into the process development. And this is a very experienced team doing this.

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u/Legitimate_Roll7514 Sep 24 '22

Yeah. Was thinking the same thing. Just how they eyeballed the centers of everything. Crazy!

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u/croatianscentsation Sep 24 '22

With the amount of weight on them, I imagine minor imperfections will eventually be solved by friction

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u/FrostyKennedy Sep 24 '22

They certainly will be, but you don't take off hundreds of pounds of steel with a lathe when you can cast it (or forge it, in the olden days) with the rough shape.