Materials
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Black Delrin (a softer, darker plastic) or clear Acrylic (a more brittle plastic, more similar to brass than delrin)
Threads
- 750 x 35 "Giardinelli"
- 800 x 36 "PHC" or "Metric"
Diameters
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17 mm to 18.25 mm measured at .04 inches into the cup
Rim Width
- XXN (3.5mm / .138 inches)
- XN (3.75mm / .148 inches)
- N (4.0mm / .158 inches)
- M (4.5mm / .177 inches)
- W (5mm / .197 inches)
Diameter of Giardinelli Rim Joint
- 16.5mm (.650 inches) for the 17mm to 17.75mm rims
- 17mm (.669 inches) for the 18mm rims
- 16.5mm joint diameter work best with most 750-36 threaded cups from Moosewood and other manufacturers, can also be used with larger cups with slight overhang
- 18 ID mm rims have a 17mm joint diameter
- Work best with Osmun wide cups and Moosewood BR and BW rims
Giardinelli Rim Height
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0.11 inches or 2.79mm on the 750-36 rims
Diameter of Metric Rim Joint
- Varies slightly as the ID gets smaller
- 17.5mm (.689 inches) on the 18mm, 17.75mm, and 17.5mm rims to match PHC cups
- 0.666 inches for the smallest 17mm ID rims
- The smaller rims have a slight overhang, similar to PHC US1 and US2 rims
- This allows players to use a rim with a smaller ID on the larger PHC cups
Metric Rim Height
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0.130 inches to correspond with the design of PHC rims
