Originally Posted by
elcruxio
I know. The first set I was planning was to be a fatbike rim. If that worked well enough within the tolerances I could go to mtb and then further to road.
I have a solid plan but of course I wont know whether it works before I complete a rim.
Good luck.
I would be interested to see how you create a hook bead without a steel mold and sliders. One method is to use a dense rubber insert (and EPS foam core ) but that requires high external pressures and subsequent machining. Without the external pressure (a vacuum bag doesn't generate any) the end result is low compaction/flow and results in voids.